STERILE COMPOUNDING
Sterile Compounding
Med Specialties
Compounding Pharmacy is proud to offer sterile compounding to our patients. With sterile compounding, we are able to provide a variety of medications, including:
- Vitamin Infusions
- Eye drops
- IV & other injectable products
- Tri-mix
Are Your Facilities Up To Standards?
USP (United States Pharmacopeia) will be officially adopting their new standards for USP Chapters <797> and <800> in June 2019. These new standards require most pharmacies to undergo construction to maintain compliance with these regulations. While many pharmacies have yet to begin construction to maintain compliance with the new USP Standards, we are pleased to state that we have already completed our newly renovated compounding room to ensure compliance with these standards.
How Do You Test for Sterility?
All of our sterile products are individually compounded by our pharmacist-in-charge and undergo extensive testing for a 2-week period prior to being dispensed to patients. In addition, we maintain routine testing for all of our equipment and facilities.
Our sterile products are tested for sterility in-house, either using an autoclave or the filtration method. Sterility testing confirms that our products are free from the presence of viable microorganisms.
- Autoclave:
- Used for sterilization of suspensions and the stoppers used to seal the vials.
- Autoclaved materials must reach 121°C and maintain that temperature for 15 minutes.
- Filtration Method:
- Solutions are passed through a 0.22-micron sterile filter in a sterile environment prior to being packaged into its final vial or syringe
For Prescribers:
Do you think your patients will benefit from compounded medications? Contact us to discuss a customizable order form for your patients. You can prescribe specialized compounds to your patients and have confidence that they are getting consistent and quality compounds from the same pharmacy.
