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Preventing fungal contamination in pharmaceuticals

European Pharmaceutical Review

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. Ahmed et al.

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Protecting Public Health through Accreditations and Inspections 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

I have seen drugs left out on the floor, vaccines stored in the same fridge as employees’ food and drinks, and dusty, cluttered, and unkempt shelving. There have been instances of dirty sterile compounding surfaces — even one with a communal microwave on top of it.