Welcome to the ASHP Compounding Resource Center, the first stop for ASHP information and resources on compounding standards and practices.

What's New

• ASHP call for member comment! ASHP encourages you to comment on the most recent additions and deletions to the NIOSH list of hazardous drugs. Designation as a hazardous drug has significant implications for practice. For complete information on the changes and instructions on submitting comments, click here. The public comment period ends June 30, 2009.
• Compounding Sterile Preparations: ASHP's Video Guide to Chapter <797> DVD & Companion Guide Workbook Package
• ASHP Discussion Guide on USP Chapter 797: Compounding Sterile Preparations [PDF] - This 2008 discussion guide is intended to assist health-system pharmacists with implementation of the revised USP Chapter 797 that became official on June 1, 2008.

Getting Started

• ASHP Products - ASHP self-assessment tools, books, videos, and CDs related to compounding.
• ASHP Now Offers The CriticalPoint Web-Based Sterile Compounding Training
• Survey of State Board of Pharmacy Sterile Compounding Laws, Regulations, and CE Requirements (interactive map) (ClinicalIQ, NABP)
• ASHP Discussion Guide for Compounding Sterile Preparations [PDF]
• USP Chapter 797 Frequently Asked Questions
• Q&A on Proposed USP Chapter 797 Revisions with E. Clyde Buchanan [PDF]

Learn More

• New NIOSH Publication: Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs
• Off-Site Pharmacy Compounding Considerations - James Rinehart, M.S., and Sue Heckman, Pharm.D. suggest some questions to ask when considering contracting with an off-site compounding pharmacy.
• AJHP Articles related to compounding
• News & Activities related to compounding
• EPA Inspections of Drug Disposal Practices
• EPA Memorandum: Scope of Hazardous Waste Listing P042 (Epinephrine)

Tools for Practice

• ASHP Products - ASHP self-assessment tools, books, videos, and CDs related to compounding.
• Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs (May 2007) [PDF]
• ASHP statements, guidelines, and policy positions related to compounding.

Other Related Resources

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