by Kym Faylor and Eric S. Kastango, MBA, RPh FASHP 

PROGRESS: THE CONCEPT THAT INDIVIDUALS AND THE PROFESSION HAVE moved forward and improved, based on a steady increase of knowledgeand wisdom that comes from challenges. Since USP Chapter <797> was published two years ago, pharmacists and technicians have been workinghard to meet the challenges of the chapter and to improve their sterile compounding operations. Currently, <797> requires only air sampling aspart of an environmental monitoring program. Specifically, it is required once monthly for low- and medium-risk level compounding operations,and once weekly for high-risk compounding operations.

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