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Technicians Can Help With Sterile Compounding

Pharmacy Times

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

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

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.

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Episode 915: The rare case when a very hypotonic solution may be indicated

Pharmacy Joe

The authors conclude: For treatment of hypernatremia, the time has come to abandon the use of sterile water for injection and sodium chloride solutions of less than 0.45% that require sterile compounding.

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Latest Inspection Program Helps New Facilities Start on Solid Footing

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

It could be useful for a pharmacy that has built a brand new, state-of-the art, sterile compounding facility with the intent to mail compounded preparations to all 50 states. The inspection is beneficial for a variety of scenarios. Or it could help a large drug distributor that is moving its operations to another community.

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Leading pharmaceutical compounding companies in contract marketing

Pharmaceutical Technology

The services may also include preparation of customised ready-to-use medications by sterile or non-sterile compounding. Compounding companies may prepare a full range of customised medications such as flavoured medicines, transdermal creams, and bio-identical hormone therapies.

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Protecting Public Health through Accreditations and Inspections 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

There have been instances of dirty sterile compounding surfaces — even one with a communal microwave on top of it. 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.