Technicians Can Help With Sterile Compounding
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Amid pharmacy strikes and ongoing challenges, technicians can identify new opportunities for growth
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Continuing Education for Pharmacy Technicians Essential for Safe, Sterile Compounding
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Research indicates that poor technique or failure to follow up-to-date standards and protocols could lead to injury or even death of patients who need compounded medications.
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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals
European Pharmaceutical Review
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In a review on fungal-contaminated compounded pharmaceuticals and medical devices, researchers have described how the contamination of these products can be due to breaches in sterile compounding procedures.
Leading pharmaceutical compounding companies in contract marketing
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
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Episode 915: The rare case when a very hypotonic solution may be indicated
Pharmacy Joe
APRIL 21, 2024
The authors consider extremely hypotonic solutions to be 0.225% sodium chloride (also called one-quarter normal saline) and sterile water for injection. In addition, 0.225% sodium chloride must be compounded which comes with a risk of compounding error. Both of these solutions have a high risk of hemolysis.
Extemporaneous Preparation with Unknown Stability
RX Note
MARCH 23, 2023
Today, stability information can be obtained from manufacturer’s labelling information (such as in the package insert), the USP compounding monographs, or peer-reviewed articles and references , such as articles in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding.
First-year students as instructors: who’s teaching whom?Â
Pulses
APRIL 27, 2023
When I discovered an interest in non-sterile compounding during my first year of pharmacy school, I worked with a professor to create and deliver content. I also had the opportunity to educate younger students by creating an activity for a third-year compounding elective. Is peer- and near-peer teaching effective?
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