Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP, an employee of Cardinal Health since 1999, currently serves as the director of accreditation and medication safety. She is the recipient of an MPA in health service administration from Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a BSc in pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, and has completed an executive fellowship in patient safety from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a member of the USP Compounding Expert Committee, though her comments here are her own and not endorsed by or affiliated with USP. Patti is also an adjunct associate professor at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.