In 2002, a total of 267 personnel underwent the competency evaluation. In 2003, the number increased to 272. Most of these individuals had extensive experience in sterile preparation and had ...

Purpose: Using a multiple-step testing medium-risk-level compounding test procedure, the evaluation of two work-practice changes to determine if the changes could effectively reduce the potential for ...

Duke Raleigh Hospital recently became the first healthcare facility to utilize a certified USP 797 mobile cleanroom to assure uninterrupted pharmacy services. The advanced pharmacy unit, created by ...

The NU-NTE800 is a Compounding Aseptic Containment Isolator (CACI) composed of a stainless-steel enclosure and polycarbonate front window with gloves that provides 20 air changes per minute of ISO ...

Automation offers benefits for sterile manufacturing in 503B outsourcing facilities. Traditionally, compounding facilities—also called 503B outsourcing facilities in the United States in reference to ...

Increasing competition and decreasing reimbursement for services provided are driving healthcare organizations to seek innovative value-based, patient-safety focused solutions. Hospitals and ...

The University of South Carolina’s College of Pharmacy is opening a facility aimed at improving the safety of compounded medications after more than 750 people in 20 states, including three in South ...

Technical, regulatory, and personnel considerations characterize pharmaceutical compounding. Pharmaceutical compounding comprises activities associated with preparations that are not commercially ...