Course Experts: Maria Vecchiarelli Kimball, PharmD, BCOP
Course Description: This course provides an overview of USP <797> and describes sterile compounding best practices including garbing requirements, cleaning, and disinfecting the sterile environment.
Credits: CEUs will be granted for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in compounding.
USP 797, Sterile Compounding, Environmental Monitoring, Beyond-Use Dates (BUD), Garbing Requirements, Cleaning and Disinfection, Compounded Sterile Preparations (CSP), Risk Levels, Category 1 CSPs, Category 2 CSPs, Category 3 CSPs, Personnel Training, Core Competencies, Hand Hygiene, Fingertip Testing, Media Fill Testing, Facilities and Engineering Controls, HEPA Filtered Air, Microbiological Monitoring, Quality Assurance (QA)
