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News From The Cdex Website: Blueprint for implementing USP chapter 797 for compounding sterile preparations

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
Eric S. Kastango

ERICS. KASTANGO, M.B.A., B.S.PHARM., FASHP, is President, Clinical IQ, LLC, 184 Columbia Turnpike #282, Florham Park, NJ ([e-mail]).
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Emerging compounding and testing technology

Meeting the compounding demand for CSPs has been extremely difficult. With the requirements of USP chapter 797, many pharmacists are looking for advances in engineering controls and compounding technology to make compounding sterile preparations easier, quicker, and safer. Necessity is the mother of innovation, and companies are rising to the challenge in an effort to assist pharmacists.

Emerging testing technology. A new end-preparation testing system, ValiMed Regulatory Compliance Solution (CBEX, Rockville, MD), comprises three distinct components: the instrument, a proprietary library of chemical "fingerprints," and proprietary process automation software. It was designed to reduce errors in medication selection and the preparation of sterile compounds of admixtures, deter inadvertent substitutions, and prevent mislabeling of the medication.

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http://www.ajhp.org/cgi/content/full/62/12/1271#SEC2