USP 797 FAQs: Immediate-Use CSPs

There is never a shortage of questions about Immediate-Use CSP’s, so today I’ll post a thorough review of the provision, including the six specific criteria that must be met to qualify as immediate use from USP Chapter 797 itself (and this usually answers most of the questions), distilling it down to a few bullet points, [...]

Missed the “De-Mystifying Beyond Use Dating” webinar?

You can view an archive of the webinar at http://rph.com/webinars/. While you’re there, check out the other recorded webinars. Several are USP 797 related. Another one that you might find interesting is about reducing calls from nursing and reducing obsolete inventory due to lost medication deliveries to the nursing units.

USP 797 FAQ: Beyond-use Dating for IVPB’s

The BUD for intravenous piggyback (IVPB) infusions depends on the conditions under which they were prepared. When prepared under conditions of Immediate-Use CSPs, infusion must start within 1 hour of starting to prepare the CSP with no time limit to finish the infusion When prepared under conditions of Low-Risk Level CSPs with 12-Hour or Less [...]

You need to roll THAT dirty air compressor into my cleanroom to certify my hood??

Someone forwarded this message to me from the ASHP listserv… thought I’d post it here in case it benefits anyone else: Question: I need advice from those familiar with NST testing of BSC. A new technician came by my cleanroom to certify my 4 foor NuAire vertical floor hood. He couldnt figure out how to [...]

Self-sanitzing Keyboard

Perfectly on queue in follow-up to my last post that mentioned what a pain cleaning keyboards can be, check out this article about the Viogurad Self-Sanitizing keyboard on Jerry Fahrni’s blog: http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/11/how-about-a-self-sanitizing-keyboard/

USP 797 FAQ: Can I put a computer/printer/keyboard in the cleanroom?

One of the more common questions I get asked is if a (computer, printer, keyboard, any machine with a fan, pencil, floor mat, etc.) can be put in the ISO Class 7 cleanroom or Class 8 ante-room. Usually when asked the assumption is that the answer will be no. According to the USP’s FAQ website page, this is a [...]

High impact changes through being an “Agressive Incrementalist”

Today in a meeting with a health system executive, he talked about how they have spent several million dollars on big IT projects like installing EPIC, but those systems don’t seem to yield the clinical results that they are looking for. After learning of how one of our relatively inexpensive technology solutions could help significantly reduce the sepsis mortality rate [...]

Where to Find USP 797 Training Programs

Critical Point, LLC: http://www.criticalpoint.info/ ASHP: http://www.ashp.org/compounding Attentus Medical Sales: http://www.attentusmedical.com/ Berkshire Corp.: http://www.berkshire.com/ Valiteq Lab Safety Corp.: http://www.valiteq.com/ Feel free to weigh in with comments if you have experience with any of these programs. The one that I am most familiar with is CriticalPoint. They are a partner of the company that I work for, so I [...]

USP 797 Weekly Tip: Register for “De-mystifying Beyond-use Dating Webinar

This Week’s USP<797> Tip (week of 11/2): – Register for Eric Kastango’s “De-mystifying Beyond-use Dating” webinar on Nov 18th at http://rph.com/webinars. Determining beyond-use dating (BUD) continues to vex pharmacists and technicians and is one of the most frequently asked questions of the chapter. Historically, BUDs were assigned solely on chemical stability data. USP Chapter 797 [...]