by Kim Faylor

"It is important to choose gowning materials that are right for your compounding processes."

A CRITICAL ASPECT IN THE ASSURANCE OF A STERILE

compounded product is the proper selection and use of gowning materials, which protect the compounded sterile preparation (CSP) from contamination by the compounding personnel. According to an article in the May 2005 issue of Pharmaceutical Technology (“Aseptic processing: a vision of the future”), “microbial contamination in aseptic processing is mainly caused by personnel. It is estimated that more than 99% of all microorganisms detected in cleanrooms are of human origin.” With this idea in mind, it is important to choose gowning materials that are right for your compounding processes, and that decision may require some research. <797> requires the use of a knee-length lab coat, hair cover, mask, shoe covers, and beard/mustache covers.

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