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Cover Story:Tabletop Unit Dose Packaging |
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PP&P July 2007
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Selecting a Tabletop Unit Dose Packaging Machine:
An Essential Component of Your BCMA Initiative
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WHILE MOST WOULD ARGUE THAT PROGRESS IS GOOD, FEW GET EXCITED about the changes required to create progress, and many even resist them. If you are the pharmacy director of an organization that has decided to implement the proven patient safety technology of bar coded medication administration (BCMA), your department will change significantly.
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PP&P July 2007
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USP <797>: The First Step to Compliance
By Eric S.Kastango, MBA RPh, FASHP
THE TIME IS UPON US TO ENTER THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR JOURNEY IN
aseptic compliance. After two years of work from the members of 2005-2010
USP Council of Experts’ Sterile Compounding Committee and thousands of comments
from hundreds of stakeholders, the next iteration of USP Chapter <797> is
scheduled to be released. The purpose of this article is not to discuss the details of
those changes, but rather to provide the reader with a perspective of the challenges
of writing a “one-size-fits-all” regulation. When you think about the number and variety
of places where compounded sterile preparations (CSPs) are
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PP&P July 2007
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Cleanroom Cleaning Strategy
From Jeannie Bennett, RPh, MS, and Firouzan "Fred" Massoomi, PharmD, FASHP
MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE CLEANROOM ENVIRONMENT POSES
significant and continuous challenges, partially due to the two main sources of particulate
contamination that can compromise the air quality: personnel and products
used for compounding. To maintain the cleanroom as outlined in USP Chapter
<797>, sterile compounding managers should develop set procedures to minimize
entry of particulate matter. These procedures must include the establishment of a
formal cleaning schedule.
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PP&P July 2007
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Improving Patient Safety with Clinical Pharmacy Services in the ED
By Daniel P. Hays, PharmD, BCPS
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PP&P July 2007
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Market Watch
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