USP 800
The Pharmacy Times® USP 800 resource center provides clinical news and articles, information about practice and quality standards for handling hazardous drugs in health care settings; ways to promote safety safety for both workers and patients; and environmental protection.
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While not everything on this list is a law, they are all at least best practices and/or tips to most efficiently comply with a law or regulation, and to get your job done.
Although they seem overwhelming, implementation of these best practices may improve long-term operational efficiency.
A proposed FDA guidance could significantly impact veterinary practices and their ability to compound medicines for animal patients, according to a national survey.1
The USP <800> is a set of practice and quality standards for handling hazardous drugs (HDs) developed by the USP as a part of a compendium of standards related to the compounding of drugs.
Members of the former International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists voted in November 2019 to change the association’s name to the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding.
Those who handle hazardous drugs on a regular basis should follow steps to minimize exposure.
Health System Pharmacists Should Think About the Implications of Acquiring and Dispensing These Compounded Products.
According to the affiliation agreement, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices will be an ECRI Institute subsidiary when the transaction closes in January, 2020.
The South Carolina business serves its community with compounding, medication adherence packaging, and free delivery and shipping.
The FDA has awarded a cooperative agreement grant to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to develop a 3-year pilot project for a data-sharing system to improve oversight of compounding pharmacies.
Two lawsuits against the FDA have been resolved in a conclusion favorable to Endo International, which argued that vasporessin should be excluded from the agency’s compounding list.
Many critics have accused Oliver of oversimplifying a complex issue.