New! The Chapter <797> Answer Book, 2nd Edition

The Chapter <797> Answer Book, 2nd Edition provides expert guidance and practical advice to pharmacists, technicians and other health professionals involved in sterile compounding. The book follows a sterile product from receipt to preparation in a healthcare facility, addressing core elements of the revised USP chapter, to answer major questions healthcare systems may have when implementing the new standards.

Key discussion areas of the book include:

• Overview of the major changes between 2008 version of USP <797> and 2023 revision
• Guidelines, procedures, and compliance requirements for compounding sterile preparations
• Work practices to meet requirements and best practices
• Personnel training and core competencies, including suggested approaches for documenting competency
• Requirements for a cleanroom suite, segregated compounding areas, storage areas and areas used for compounding hazardous drugs
• Approach to assigning beyond-use dates

Categories:  Sterile,  Institutional

New! The Chapter <795> Answer Book, 2nd Edition

The Chapter <795> Answer Book, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive overview and explanation of the requirements and recommendations of USP Chapter <795>, as well as practical advice and consideration in complying with the chapter. This book outlines quality of practice standards for nonsterile compounding by following a nonsterile product from receipt to preparation in a healthcare facility, addressing core elements of the revised USP Chapter <795>.

Key discussion areas of the book include:

• Overview of major changes between 2008 version of USP <795> and 2023 revision
• Facility design specification
• Personnel training and core competencies, including suggested approaches for documenting competency
• Work practices to meet requirements and ensure best practices
• Guidelines, procedures, and compliance requirements for compounding nonsterile preparations
• Compounding quality nonsterile preparations
• Beyond-use dating guidance and training

Categories:  Nonsterile,  Institutional

Compounding Sterile Preparations, 4th Edition

New Edition Coming Soon!  Compounding Sterile Preparations, 5th Edition will address the latest USP updates and revisions with presale beginning in Summer 2023 and an estimated publication date of Fall 2023.

The essential sterile compounding reference every pharmacist needs includes:

• Coverage of 2016 version of USP Chapter <800> on the compounding of hazardous drugs and the 2008 version of USP <797>
• Updates on regulations related to the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA)
• Seven new chapters and 16 new contributors
• Appendices in the print edition offer more extensive reference to online resources

Categories:  Sterile,  Institutional

The Chapter <800> Answer Book, 2nd Edition- coming soon!

The Chapter <800> Answer Book, 2nd Edition expands on the first edition and outlines quality-of-practice standards for handling hazardous drugs (HDs) that promote the safety of patients and health care personnel who are exposed daily to HDs.

The Q&A approach of the resource provides a comprehensive overview and explanation of the requirements of USP <800> as well as:

• Hazardous Drug Risk Assessment Form
• Sample Form: Employee Acknowledgement of Hazardous Drug Risk
• List of Policies Required and Recommended in USP <800>
• List of new and updated questions since the first edition
• Sample “Action Plan” for Compliance with USP <800>

Categories:   Hazardous,  Institutional

Extemporaneous Formulations, 4th Edition

The go-to guide for treating patients who require medications that are not commercially available in appropriate forms or dosages for pediatric, geriatric, or special needs. Now even more comprehensive, the fourth edition provides the same evidence-based formulation in easy-to-follow "recipes".

Highlights of the new edition:

• Total of 312 formulations
• 129 new formulations- 47 new drugs and 36 new concentrations of drugs that were in the previous edition
• Content to reflect changes to USP Chapter <795>
• List of standardized concentrations for compounded oral liquids from ASHP’s Standardize 4 Safety initiative

Categories:  Sterile, Nonsterile, Hazardous,  Institutional

ASHP Injectable Drug Information 2023 Edition

The 2023 Edition of the industry’s go-to guide is newly updated with the latest information on compatibility, stability, storage, and preparation of parenteral drugs. Backed by quality, peer-reviewed published literature, ASHP Injectable Drug Information has been one of pharmacy’s most trusted resources for more than four decades. Authored under the editorial authority of AHFS Drug Information and published by ASHP, it is the global gold standard for IV compatibility and stability information.

• 180+ new references
• More than 400 monographs
• Over 24,000 total compatibility pairs
• Full list of the AHFS Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification system

Categories:  Sterile, Nonsterile, Hazardous,  Institutional

Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs, 7th Edition

Get the support you need to safely extend dating of parenteral drugs beyond the usual 24-hour limit—minimizing waste, lowering medication costs, and enabling optimal patient administration schedules at alternate infusion sites. The new seventh edition features the inclusion of monographs expanded beyond home infusion to be inclusive of all clinical settings where parenteral drugs are stored or compounded.

New in this edition:

• All 196 stability monographs completely updated- including 37 new monographs
• Newly published stability information for parenteral nutrition, oncology, specialty, and COVID medications
• An extensive list of medications with temperature excursion data for intact vials
• Each monograph contains updated extended drug stability data specific to: container, drug manufacturer, concentration, and diluent
• Stability timeframes include standardized temperatures for room, refrigerated, frozen, post thaw, and body temperatures
• Inclusion of monographs expanded beyond home infusion to be inclusive of all clinical settings where parenteral drugs are stored or compounded

Categories:  Sterile, Nonsterile, Hazardous,  Institutional

Pediatric Injectable Drugs, 11th Edition

New Edition Coming Soon!  Pediatric Injectable Drugs, also known as “The Teddy Bear Book,” is one of the ASHP’s most recognized and trusted resources dedicated to helping pharmacists treat pediatric patients with injectable drugs. For more than 20 years, pharmacists and hospital pediatric teams have looked to this book for the most comprehensive research-based information on pediatric intravenous infusions.

Includes more than 4,800 references for 247 updated monographs (including 15 monographs that are new to this edition) and covers the following areas:

• Medication error potential
• Infusion-related cautions
• Dosages and dose adjustment in organ dysfunction
• Additives and suitable diluents
• Maximum concentrations
• Preparation and delivery
• Bolus, intermittent, and continuous IV administration
• Other routes of administration

Categories:  Sterile, Nonsterile, Hazardous,  Institutional

Compounded Sterile Preparations Certificate for Pharmacists 

This updated, self-guided, online learning activity is dual-purposed. The certificate can be used by pharmacists to earn an ASHP Professional Certificate after passing an exam & demonstrating mastery of enhanced sterile compounding skills. The certificate also serves as the preparatory course for pharmacists planning to sit for the BPS Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist (BCSCP) examination. This certificate includes the updated USP Chapter <797> revisions that will be included in the fall 2023 BPS Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy specialty exam.

• Available pre-sale
• Content launches May 31, 2023
• Updated to reflect USP <797> revisions effective Nov. 1, 2023

Categories:  Sterile,  Institutional

Practical Training in Compounding Sterile Preparations Certificate

This updated, self-guided, online learning activity is dual-purposed. The certificate can be used by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to earn an ASHP Professional Certificate after passing an exam & demonstrating mastery of enhanced sterile compounding skills. The certificate also serves as a tool for pharmacy technicians to use in preparation for PTCB's Compounding Sterile Preparation Technician (CSPT®) exam. Now available for pre-sale, this certificate includes the updated USP Chapter <797> revisions effective on Nov. 1, 2023.

• Available pre-sale
• Content launches May 31, 2023
• Updated to reflect USP <797> revisions effective Nov. 1, 2023

Categories:  Sterile,  Institutional

BCSCP Intensive Studies

Intensive Studies offer recertification credit through a high-level, interactive discussions on contemporary and emerging issues in compounding sterile preparations. The 2022 Online Intensive Studies package offers up to 6.25 contact hours of recertification credit and includes the following topics:

• The Dirty Work of Getting a Cleanroom Clean: Ergonomics of Sterile Compounding
• USP <825>: Radiopharmaceutical Compounding Finally Gets a Chapter of it's Own
• Making Your Certification Reports and Certifier Work for You!
• Technology in the IV Room: IV Workflow and IV Robotics
• Applying Critical Evaluation Skills to Improve Your Pharmacy Certification Report
• Expires in Aug. 2023

Categories:  Sterile,  Institutional

BCSCP Specialty Selected Readings

The selected readings activity includes relevant, contemporary readings in the field of sterile compounding. The current package offers up to 3 contact hours of recertification credit and covers the following topics:

• Evaluation of density variations
• Volumetric vs. gravimetric methods
• Safe Use of Parenteral Nutrition Automated Compounding Devices.

Categories:  Sterile,  Institutional

Pharmacy Competency Assessment Center

Designed for pharmacist and pharmacy technician staff looking to stay current with changes in patient care and achieve high levels of competency in critical areas. Access to 60+ key competencies and skills assessments covering onboarding, technician skills, clinical topics, compounding guidelines, regulatory compliance, and much more. CE Hours: 40+

Popular Competencies:

• Vancomycin Dosing and Monitoring
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Anticoagulation Management
• Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship

Categories:  Sterile, Nonsterile, Hazardous,  Institutional

Compounding Competency Assessment Center- coming summer 2023!

The Compounding Competency Assessment Center, formerly ASHP's Compounding Sterile Preparations Competency Library (CSPCL) is a comprehensive training center that institutions can use for staff training to comply with USP standards. More than 25 modules are categorized by nonsterile compounding, sterile compounding, and handling hazardous drugs allowing institutions to customize the training based upon the specific roles and responsibilities of the staff involved in compounding. CE Hours: 6+

Center Highlights:

• Includes updated content for USP <795>, USP <797>, and USP <800>
• Addresses all personnel training key-elements from the standards
• Modules are broken down into 15-minute segments to allow for completion during a busy work day
• Practical training developed by leading compounding experts, Patti Kienle and Kevin Hansen

Categories:  Sterile, Nonsterile, Hazardous,  Institutional

ASHP Consulting Services

With the USP <797> and <795> standards implementation date of November 1, 2023, many facilities will be making needed changes to ensure compliance. ASHP has been at the forefront of the USP revisions including submitting comments to USP on the proposed chapter updates and also participating in the USP Compounding Expert Committee meetings.  Our expert consultants can help with any sterile, nonsterile, or Chapter <800> needs your pharmacy may encounter, big or small.

Service offerings include:

• Sterile and Nonsterile Compounding Processes
• Gap assessment and planning
• Personnel
• Facilities and Engineering Controls
• Environmental Quality
• Protection
• Sterile Product Prescribing, Ordering, Receiving, Preparing, Administering, Transport, and Disposal