USP 797 went through its final revision approval in December. The new standard becomes official June 1. What is it, who will it affect, and where will it be implemented? The United States Pharmacopeia ...

On June 1, 2019, the United States Pharmacopeia (“USP”) published the final revisions to its pharmaceutical sterile compounding standards (“chapter <797>”). Chapter <797> sets forth standards for the ...

Purpose: The initial response of the pharmacy profession to United States Pharmacopeia (USP) chapter 797 and the current state of hospital pharmacy practice as it relates to implementing this chapter ...

Can we keep patients home? Decreasing hospitalizations in the oral chemotherapy patient. Applying quality improvement methodologies to decrease the time-to-activation of new clinical trials at an ...

BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwired - Jul 20, 2017) - Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today the further expansion of ...

The introduction of the United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> regulation in 2008 sent and continues to send shock waves through hospital pharmacy departments and other sterile drug preparation ...

Updates to general chapters on compounding, <795> Nonsterile Preparations and <797> Sterile Preparation, include requirements for equipment, cleaning, personnel garb, labeling, and surface ...

The following article is written by Brian Williamson, PharmD, president & CEO of JCB Laboratories. Dilating patients’ eyes before ophthalmic procedures is quite possibly the most time-consuming part ...

Sterile compounding practices are increasingly under scrutiny. State pharmacy boards, in tandem with national efforts by accreditation organizations, are raising the stakes on this critical component ...

Past studies have shown a general lack of compliance with guidelines for compounding sterile preparations in hospitals. [12,13,14,15] This may be related to a lack of enforceable standards similar to ...