Sterile Compounding

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USP 797

Designated Pharmacist - 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.
  • The Designated Pharmacist must satisfactorily complete training, in the following areas (training may be obtained from different programs):
    • Fundamentals of sterile compounding
    • Facility design and engineering controls
    • Maintaining quality of the sterile compounding environment
    • Non-hazardous and hazardous sterile compounding
    • Personnel sampling
    • Viable sampling
    • Aseptic Technique
    • Documentation (master formulation records and compounding records)
    • Equipment

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

Non-Sterile Compounding

USP 795

Inspection Form Version 1 September 2015 - Please use this form as a reference for our inspection of your facility.

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

For information about USP 795, USP 797, and USP 800 or official copies of the chapters please go to the USP website.

 

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