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P-N

F)

lE

sta

blis

hed

be

st

pra

ctice

s a

nd r

eg

ula

tio

ns

for

the

pro

ductio

n o

f com

pou

nd

ed

ste

rile

p

rep

ara

tio

ns

lU

SP

<7

97>

was d

esig

ned s

pecific

ally

to b

e

an

en

forc

ea

ble

se

t of

sta

nda

rds

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Wh

o W

rote

US

P <

797>

lU

nited

Sta

tes P

harm

aco

pe

ia C

om

po

un

din

g

Com

mitte

e

lC

ente

r fo

r D

isea

se

Contr

ol

l F

ood

an

d D

rug

Adm

inis

tra

tio

n

lD

raft

revie

wed b

y m

em

bers

of

the

US

P a

nd

indu

str

y

Wh

ere

Do

es U

SP

<797>

Ap

ply

?

lA

ny f

acili

ty p

rod

ucin

g C

SP

s a

nd a

ny

pe

rso

nn

el w

ho

pe

rfo

rm c

om

po

un

din

g a

re

su

bje

ct

to r

egu

lation

by U

SP

<7

97>

–H

ospitals

, com

munity p

harm

acie

s,

hom

e infu

sio

n

serv

ices,

am

bula

tory

care

serv

ices,

nurs

ing

hom

es,

pra

ctitioner’s o

ffic

es, etc

.

lM

an

y s

tate

s h

ave r

eg

ula

tion

s

–E

ach s

tate

varies

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Wh

at

is a

Co

mp

ou

nd

ed

Ste

rile

P

rep

ara

tio

n (

CS

P)?

l“C

om

pounded b

iolo

gic

s,

dia

gnostics,

dru

gs,

nutr

ients

, and r

adio

-pharm

aceuticals

…th

at

must

be

ste

rile

when t

hey a

re a

dm

inis

tere

d t

o p

atients

, “a

nd

“manufa

ctu

red s

terile

pro

ducts

that

are

either

pre

pare

d s

tric

tly a

ccord

ing t

o t

he in

str

uctions

appearing in t

he m

anufa

ctu

rers

’ appro

ved

labelin

g…

or

pre

pare

d d

iffe

rently t

han p

ublis

hed in

such labelin

g”

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

En

vir

on

men

tal

Qu

ali

ty a

nd

Co

ntr

ol

lF

acili

ty d

esig

n,

enviro

nm

enta

l an

d

en

gin

eeri

ng c

ontr

ols

; en

vir

onm

enta

l te

stin

g

and

cle

an

ing

pro

ce

dure

s;

an

d p

ers

onn

el

ga

rbin

g,

tra

inin

g a

nd t

estin

g r

eq

uir

em

en

ts.

Are

a

ISO

Cla

ss

Work

bench

ISO

Cla

ss 5

Buffer

Are

a

ISO

Cla

ss 7

Ante

Room

IS

O C

lass 8

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Th

ree M

ost

Imp

ort

an

t F

acto

rs G

uara

nte

ein

g S

teri

lity

lP

rop

er

han

d h

yg

ien

e a

nd

garb

ing

–S

hoe

covers

, hea

d/f

acia

l hair

co

ver,

facia

l m

ask/e

ye

shie

lds,

perf

orm

hand

cle

ansin

g p

rocedure

s,

gow

n,

wate

rle

ss a

lco

hol-

based s

urg

ica

l scru

b,

ste

rile

po

wder

free

-glo

ves

lP

rop

er

asep

tic t

ech

niq

ue b

y c

om

po

un

din

g

pers

on

nel

lA

bsen

ce o

f su

rface c

on

tam

inati

on

–C

lea

nin

g h

oo

d a

t beg

innin

g o

f sh

ift,

befo

re e

very

new

batc

h,

every

30 m

in d

uri

ng c

om

pound

ing

, spill

s, or

obvio

us c

onta

min

atio

n

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Mic

rob

ial

Co

nta

min

ati

on

Ris

k L

evels

Ris

k L

evel

Defi

nit

ion

Imm

edia

te-

Use

ISO

Cla

ss 5

environm

ent

is N

OT

required.

Pre

para

tions a

re

for

em

erg

ency

us o

r im

media

te p

atient

adm

inis

tration.

Must

use w

ithin

1 h

our.

Low

-Ris

k

ISO

Cla

ss 5

air q

ualit

y environm

ent

or

bett

er,

fro

m s

terile

in

gre

die

nts

, pro

ducts

, com

ponents

, and d

evic

es.

No m

ore

th

an 3

packages o

f ste

rile

pro

duct

can b

e u

sed,

and n

ot

more

th

an 2

entr

ies into

any

one o

f th

e s

terile

conta

iners

.

Mediu

m-R

isk

Multip

le indiv

idual or

sm

all

doses o

f ste

rile

pro

ducts

are

com

bin

ed,

adm

inis

tere

d t

o m

ultip

le p

atients

or

to o

ne p

atient

on m

ultip

le o

ccasio

ns.

Hig

h-R

isk

Non-s

terile

pro

duct

is u

sed,

final pre

p h

as t

o b

e s

teriliz

ed.

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Veri

ficati

on

of

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

Accu

racy

an

d S

teri

lity

lQ

ualit

y o

f C

SP

is d

irectly r

ela

ted t

o a

chie

vin

g t

he

goal of

purity

, pote

ncy,

and s

terilit

y

lU

SP

Chapte

rs <

71>

, <

1035>

, <

731>

, <

1160>

and

<1211>

are

used f

or

guid

ance o

n m

eth

ods o

f ste

riliz

ation a

nd c

om

poundin

g a

ccura

cy a

nd

valid

ation

lF

ilters

used m

ust underg

o inte

grity

testing p

er

manufa

ctu

rer

lP

roof

that th

e e

nd-p

roducts

are

accura

te a

nd s

teri

le

is r

equired

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Beyo

nd

-Use D

ate

s

Ris

k L

evel

Defi

nit

ion

Low

-Ris

k

Room

Tem

p:

48 h

ours

R

efr

igera

ted:

14 d

ays

F

rozen:

45 d

ays

Mediu

m-R

isk

Room

Tem

p:

30 h

ours

R

efr

igera

ted:

9 d

ays

F

rozen:

4

5 d

ays

Hig

h-R

isk

Room

Tem

p:

24 h

ours

R

efr

igera

ted:

3 d

ays

F

rozen:

4

5 d

ays

Mu

lti-

do

se v

ials

is 2

8 d

ays

after

ente

ring w

ith a

needle

, or

pun

ctu

ring t

he

sto

pper, u

nle

ss s

pecifie

d b

y th

e m

anufa

ctu

rer.

Sin

gle

use c

on

tain

ers

is 6

hours

after

the f

irst entr

y in

to t

he v

ial o

r 1 h

our

is n

ot

in a

n I

SO

Cla

ss 5

envir

onm

ent.

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

En

vir

on

men

tal

Sam

plin

g -

Typ

es

lE

nvironm

enta

l Sam

plin

g

–N

on

-via

ble

s

–V

iab

les

lA

ir

lS

urf

ace

lG

loved f

inger

tip

lM

edia

fill

test

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

No

n-V

iab

le P

art

icle

Air

Sam

plin

g

lO

nce

eve

ry 6

mon

ths o

r w

he

n P

rim

ary

E

ng

inee

ring C

ontr

ols

(P

EC

) are

mo

ved

or

alte

red

lIn

respo

nse t

o m

ajo

r serv

icin

g o

f th

e a

rea

aro

un

d

the

PE

C

lE

ach

IS

O 5

are

a,

ISO

7 b

uff

er

are

a a

nd I

SO

8

ante

are

a.

All

separa

te a

rea

s m

ust

be t

este

d.

ISO

1

46

44

lD

ocum

en

t lo

ca

tion

, co

llection

meth

od,

frequ

en

cy

of

sam

plin

g,

vo

lum

e,

an

d t

ime o

f da

y r

ela

tive

to

com

po

un

din

g a

ctivitie

s

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Via

ble

Pa

rtic

le A

ir S

am

pli

ng

lO

nce

every

6 m

onth

s o

r w

he

n P

rim

ary

E

ngin

eeri

ng C

ontr

ols

are

mo

ve

d o

r altere

d o

r se

rvic

ed

lT

SA

or

soybe

an

casein

dig

est

aga

r fo

r ba

cte

ria

lM

alt E

xtr

act

Agar

(ME

A)

or

Sabou

rau

d

Dextr

ose

Aga

r fo

r fu

ng

i; o

nly

re

qu

ire

d f

or

hig

h r

isk c

om

po

un

din

g

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Via

ble

Pa

rtic

le S

urf

ace S

am

pli

ng

lN

o m

an

da

tory

sa

mplin

g p

erio

d,

on

ce

every

six

month

s is r

eco

mm

en

de

d

lC

onta

ct

pla

tes a

re t

he

pre

ferr

ed m

eth

od,

sw

ab s

am

plin

g is p

erm

itte

d

lT

SA

(M

EA

for

fun

gi)

with lecith

in o

r po

lyso

rbate

80

lF

un

gi

sa

mp

lin

g o

nly

fo

r h

igh

ris

k

co

mp

ou

nd

ing

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Glo

ved

Fin

gert

ip S

am

pli

ng

lU

se

d t

o e

va

luate

work

er

garb

ing

techn

ique

lO

nce

a y

ear

for

low

an

d m

ediu

m r

isk

co

mpo

un

din

g,

every

6 m

onth

s f

or

hig

h r

isk

co

mpo

un

din

g

lA

ll n

ew

work

ers

must

perf

orm

3 s

ucce

ssfu

l glo

ve t

ests

pri

or

to b

egin

nin

g c

om

po

un

din

g

work

lU

su

ally

pe

rfo

rme

d b

y the

on

site

su

pe

rvis

or

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Med

ia F

ill

Test

lD

esig

ne

d to t

est

abili

ty o

f w

ork

er,

pro

ced

ure

an

d

eq

uip

men

t to

pro

duce s

terile

pro

duct

lR

ep

licate

s e

ntire

com

pou

ndin

g p

roce

ss u

sin

g

so

yb

ea

n c

ase

in d

ige

st m

ed

ia in

pla

ce o

f dru

gs

lA

nn

ua

l testing

for

low

an

d m

ed

ium

ris

k

com

pou

ndin

g, once e

ve

ry 6

month

s for

hig

h r

isk

co

mpo

un

din

g

lN

ew

em

plo

yee

s r

equ

ired to c

om

ple

te o

ne t

est

prior

to b

egin

nin

g c

om

po

und

ing

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Acti

on

Levels

lA

ny a

irborn

e c

fu f

ound in I

SO

5,

7,

or

8 m

ust be

identified t

o t

he g

enus level (s

pecie

s r

ecom

mended)

* C

FU

– C

olo

ny

Form

ing U

nits

** c

onta

ct

pla

te a

reas v

ary

fro

m 2

4-3

0 c

m2. w

hen s

wabbin

g is u

sed in

sam

plin

g,

the a

rea c

overe

d s

hould

be a

t le

ast

24 c

m2 b

ut

no larg

er

than 3

0 c

m2

ISO

Cla

ss

> 0

.5 m

No

nvia

ble

part

icle

s/m

3

Via

ble

Air

bo

rne

(cfu

*/m

3)

Via

ble

Su

rface *

*

(cfu

/co

nta

ct

pla

te)

5

3,5

20

>1

>3

7

352,0

00

>10

>5

8

3,5

20,0

00

>100

>100

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Wh

y I

den

tify

?

lS

om

e o

rganis

ms a

re p

ath

ogenic

enough t

hat

they

cannot

be t

ole

rate

d in a

clin

ical envirom

ent

at

any

concenta

tion (

MR

SA

, A

cin

eto

bacte

r)

lG

enus identification is u

sefu

l, b

ut

cannot

dis

tinguis

h

betw

een h

arm

ful and b

enig

n s

pecie

s w

ithin

the

sam

e g

enus g

roup

lW

ithout

know

ing t

he s

pecie

s o

f an o

rganis

m,

all

cfu

fr

om

a g

enus t

hat conta

ins k

now

n p

ath

ogens h

ave t

o

be t

reate

d a

s if

they a

re p

ath

ogens

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Ph

ysic

al

Facto

rs

lB

uild

ing C

han

ge

s o

r C

on

str

uctio

n

lP

rim

ary

Engin

eeri

ng C

ontr

ols

Are

they w

ork

ing p

rop

erly?

–H

ave

they b

ee

n p

rop

erly m

ain

tain

ed?

lP

rop

er

Cle

anin

g

–C

heck r

ecord

s

–C

lean

ing a

ge

nt ty

pes?

–R

ota

tion?

–P

roper

cle

an

ing tools

?

–A

re m

ate

rials

in la

b c

apa

ble

of bein

g c

leaned?

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Ph

ysic

al

Facto

rs

lE

nvir

onm

enta

l C

ond

itio

ns

–T

em

pera

ture

, hum

idity,

seasons,

weath

er,

etc

.

lB

uild

ing C

hang

es o

r C

onstr

uction

lLa

bo

rato

ry W

ork

flo

w

–T

raff

ic a

reas

–H

igh r

isk a

reas (

win

dow

s,

doors

, vents

, equip

ment

lP

rocess a

nd

Mate

ria

ls

–A

re m

ate

rials

moved into

and o

ut

aseptically

?

–A

re s

upplie

s c

leaned a

s they a

re b

rought

into

the

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<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Rem

ed

iati

on

- C

lean

ing

lIs

the

pro

per

cle

anin

g a

gen

t b

ein

g u

sed

fo

r th

e t

ask? N

ot

all

age

nts

are

eff

ective a

ga

inst

all

via

ble

part

icle

s.

lIs

the

cle

anin

g a

gen

t b

ein

g u

sed

pro

perl

y?

lIs

the

cle

anin

g a

gen

t b

ein

g s

tore

d u

nde

r pro

per

tem

pera

ture

an

d lig

ht

co

nd

itio

ns?

lH

as t

he c

lean

ing a

ge

nt

expir

ed?

lA

re c

lean

ing a

gen

ts b

ein

g r

ota

ted

?

<797>

Ph

arm

aceu

tical

Co

mp

ou

nd

ing

– S

teri

le

Rem

ed

iati

on

– C

lean

ing

(c

on

t’d

)

lA

re c

lean

ing t

ools

non

-she

dd

ing a

nd d

edic

ate

d for

the

cle

an r

oo

m o

nly

?

lB

e a

ware

th

at

cle

anin

g a

ctivitie

s c

an im

pact

the

work

en

vironm

en

t

lC

lean

ing s

che

du

les

–IS

O 5

: sta

rt o

f e

ach s

hift,

prior

to c

om

poun

din

g e

ach b

atc

h o

r every

30 m

in,

when o

bvio

us s

pill

s o

r conta

min

ation a

re

suspecte

d

–IS

O 7

and

8:

floo

rs a

nd w

ork

surf

aces d

aily

–A

reas a

round

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