Connecticut State Department of Consumer Protection

NEW

Designated Pharmacist - means a pharmacist responsible for overseeing the compounding of sterile pharmaceuticals and the application of the USP chapters, as said chapters pertain to sterile compounding.

• The Designated Pharmacist in a licensed pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy must notify the department  when they commence or cease being the designated pharmacist via email to DCP.PharmacistLicense@ct.gov.  
  
  
• Approved program(s) for Designated Pharmacists must at minimum include a total 30 hours (can be obtained from different programs) of education in the following areas:
  
  • Fundamentals of sterile compounding
  • Hazardous drug and high risk compounding
  • Sanitation of pharmacy controlled environments
  • Variable facility sampling metrics
  • Personnel sampling metrics
  • Engineering controls for sterile compounding

• Below are courses that have been approved already.  If you have a course that you would like to submit for approval please send the course to DCP.DrugUSPcompounding@ct.gov with all pertinent information.  It is the responsibility of the individual designated pharmacist to acquire the appropriate number of hours from the areas outlined above and maintain a records of the courses that have been completed.
  • Essential Elements of Compounded Sterile Preparations (LP3 Network) - ACPE number 0864-9999-18-047-H07-P/T 
  • Sterile Compounding eLearning Course Curriculum 29 lessons with 34 hours of CE -  ACPE numbers here. 
  • (New) Compounded Sterile Preparations Certificate for Pharmacists - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

For questions and reporting USP related issues please email DCP.DrugUSPcompounding@ct.gov.