A Houston-based compounding pharmacy that was recently ... manufacturing process and monitoring environmental conditions in aseptic areas, the FDA said. Despite the prior wrist slap in the shape ...

Copycat medications, produced through a process of mixing drug ingredients known as compounding, have spawned a multi-billion-dollar industry.Credit...Hilary Swift for The New York Times Supported ...

Each of these manipulations is routinely required of the aseptic compounding personnel. All of the materials and devices were sterile when purchased. Each individual who is tested must perform all ...

Since sterile compounding was routinely conducted on actual drug products for human use by many of these individuals whose aseptic technique was evaluated during the time frame covered by this ...

A local medical professional described a ‘crisis situation’, with a national shortage of aseptic compounding being felt across a number of hospitals, but the Drogheda facility in particular.

Compounding pharmacies stepped in ... including problems with the facility's aseptic processing area and failure to establish "procedures designed to prevent microbiological contamination." ...

robotic asepting compounding system. Image Credit: Alexander Tolstykh/Shutterstock.com Moist-heat sterilization remains the most widely used sterilization method for aseptic processing.

The Aseptic Compounding Unit at St James’s Hospital is the busiest in the country, producing 30,000 products annually. "This is a major step forward for our staff and our cancer patients at the ...

equipment and resources to create 20 nonsterile compounding workstations, plus 10 separate workstations for Sterility Assurance Training, where students learn and practice competencies in aseptic ...