compounding
Choosing the Right Agents for Sterile Compounding Cleanrooms
What are the most appropriate disinfectants for your cleanroom, and what are best practices for cleaning and ...
JULY 22, 2025

Is IVWMS Adoption Rate Fast Enough?
An increasing number of U.S. hospital systems are implementing IV workflow management systems in their sterile drug ...
JUNE 30, 2025

Testing Compounding Competency Is Crucial to Cleanroom Safety
Competency testing is the “foundation of everything” involved in sterile compounding safety, said ...
MAY 23, 2025

Modern PN Practice Leaves The ‘Wild West’ Behind
Until the early 2000s, pharmacists compounded parenteral nutrition without standardized guidelines, automation or ...
MAY 12, 2025

Reducing Compounded IV Waste Yields $500K+ Savings
Audits of compounded sterile products by pharmacists at West Virginia University Hospitals, in Morgantown, saved ...
APRIL 17, 2025

The Journey to Category 3 Compounding
“As you prepare for the journey to Category 3 compounding, it can be a very bumpy road, and you need to put ...
APRIL 1, 2025

Using EQ in Sterile Compounding Training
Emotional intelligence may be an effective and overlooked tool for training and assessing the competency of your ...
MARCH 31, 2025

The Case for a Centralized Media Fill Program
For organizations with multiple drug compounding locations, implementing a centralized media fill program can ...
MARCH 28, 2025

You’re the DP—What Does That Mean?
One of the major new components of USP General Chapter <797> on sterile compounding requires the ...
MARCH 26, 2025

6 Engineering FAQs for Cleanroom Compliance
Ensuring that your compounding facilities are in compliance with USP General Chapters <797> and <800> ...
MARCH 26, 2025

Kienle’s 10 Building Blocks of Compounding Safety for 2025
Each year, Patricia Kienle, RPh, MPA, BCSCP, FASHP, the director of accreditation and medication safety at Cardinal ...
MARCH 25, 2025

Monitoring Hazardous Drug Residues In Pharmaceutical Compounding
The safe compounding of medications necessitates the synchronization of personnel, training, operational ...
MARCH 25, 2025
