National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

DECEMBER 4, 2024

After years of development, revised compounding standards from United States Pharmacopeia (USP) became effective on November 1, 2023. USP Chapter <795> focuses on nonsterile compounding, with updates aimed at improving quality, safety, and consistency.

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RX Note

MARCH 23, 2023

Irrigations for the mouth, rectal cavity, and sinus cavity are not required to be sterile, nor are nasal sprays. The revision of and published on November 2022 will become official on 1 November 2023. Replacing the previous revision of in 2014 and in 2008. More information can be found here.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 11, 2024

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. One case of drug contamination from 2021 was highlighted in the paper.

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National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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.

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