New sterile compounding guidelines have been released (pdf) by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. The guidelines were informed by ISMP’s October 25-26, 2011 national sterile preparation ...

Sterile compounding practices are increasingly under scrutiny. State pharmacy boards, in tandem with national efforts by accreditation organizations, are raising the stakes on this critical component ...

Over the past few weeks, the FDA has devoted lots of attention to compounding pharmacies, issuing two new guidance documents pertaining to their fundamental scope, a guidance document regarding ...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the ASHP Foundation have offered up guidelines on outsourcing sterile compounding services, following a deadly outbreak of meningitis caused by ...

While these two errors occurred under different sets of system issues and performance shaping factors, there are several key safety improvement strategies that should be employed in all settings to ...

AUSTIN, Texas — “I can't even enter the pharmacy. It's driving me nuts,” said Daniel Dougharty, business development at NuCara Pharmacy. NuCara Pharmacy is a pharmacy that compounds sterile and ...

Increasing competition and decreasing reimbursement for services provided are driving healthcare organizations to seek innovative value-based, patient-safety focused solutions. Hospitals and ...

The recent recall of nearly two dozen drugs manufactured by Premier Pharmacy Labs reinforces the importance of the newly updated compounding regulations. But compounding experts worry it may stifle ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL), a leading provider of medication management solutions and adherence tools for health systems and pharmacies, today announced that ...

When you have to go on a medication, your doctor will probably prescribe a premade one that's FDA-approved. But sometimes, they may want you to go on a compounded medicine that's specifically made for ...