Compliance with USP Chapter <797> in Small and Rural Hospitals

Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, BCSCP, FASHP, is Director of Accreditation and Medication Safety for Cardinal Health. She received her pharmacy degree from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and a Master in Public Administration degree from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She is author of The Chapter <795> Answer Book, The Chapter <797> Answer Book, and The Chapter <800> Answer Book and co-author of Meeting Accreditation Standards: A Pharmacy Preparation Guide. With over 600 invited presentations and 100 publications, she has special interests in medication safety, compounding sterile preparations, accreditation, and regulatory issues. 

Orchid Motahari, PharmD, BCSCP, BCOP, is the sterile compounding designated person and clinical oncology pharmacist at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, MA, where she oversees the sterile compounding operations, provides personnel training and ensures regulatory compliance. 

Michael Ganio, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FASHP (he/him) is senior director of pharmacy practice and quality at ASHP. Dr. Ganio joined the staff at ASHP in January 2018, after nearly two decades in hospital and health-system pharmacy practice. His responsibilities at ASHP span the practice of pharmacy and include drug shortages, sterile and non-sterile compounding, hazardous drug safety, and other practice-related topics. 

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• Patricia C. Kienle: BD – Speaker’s Bureau

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