Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Research indicates that poor technique or failure to follow up-to-date standards and protocols could lead to injury or even death of patients who need compounded medications.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MARCH 11, 2024

In a review on fungal-contaminated compounded pharmaceuticals and medical devices, researchers have described how the contamination of these products can be due to breaches in sterile compounding procedures.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

The latest revisions, which take effect November 1, 2023, exempt some robotic devices from surface sampling after every batch of Category 3 compounded sterile products (CSPs) and instead allow users of self-enclosed robotic devices to surface sample once per day.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Sterile compounding is also one of the costliest functions in pharmacy operations. Still, many hospital pharmacies continue to struggle to improve safety and efficiency in their sterile compounding operations. The number of improperly prepared IVs is staggering. 5 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. 5 at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Implementing an intelligent infrastructure of automation and intelligence, supported by expert services to ensure optimization, is an opportunity for health systems to enhance medication distribution processes, support sterile compounding safety and efficiency, and ultimately improve pharmacy supply chain management.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

This case for automation is supported by root cause analysis (RCA) and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) efforts regarding sterile compounding. The good news is that modern IV robotics and workflow systems support patient safety in sterile-compounded products.

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DiversifyRx

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

This information will be helpful for all pharmacies, regardless of whether you are a retail-only, non-sterile compounding, or sterile compounding pharmacy. However, you can provide sterile injections through partnerships with 503B outsourcing facilities or with a local 503A compounding pharmacy in your state.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Pharmacy experts will discuss results from the 2022 ISMP sterile compounding survey, which delves into the risks associated with compounding, current technologies in use, and compliance best practices.

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Omnicell

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Dennis Wright Senior Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell For more than 15 years, IV robotics has proven efficacy in safe and efficient sterile compounding, but market adoption has been limited. Learn more about how you can achieve smarter, safer, more efficient sterile compounding operations.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

A recent Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) article breaks the numerous risks associated with manual sterile compounding processes into three main categories: Potential for contamination, leading to possible patient infections. It’s one of the riskiest processes in the pharmacy department.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Omnicell's IV compounding robot service offered the holistic solution we needed. Through this turnkey approach, we have the tools, technicians, and the IV compounding robotic technology to support our sterile compounding, and now have better control of CSP production.

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The Happy PharmD

JULY 4, 2024

The roots of compounding pharmacy run deep, tracing back to the eighth century in Baghdad, where the first pharmacy drug store opened its doors. When it comes to earnings, compounding pharmacy offers a range comparable to other community pharmacy roles, with salaries averaging between $90,000 to $140,000 annually.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Overreliance on 503B facilities for sterile compounding led them to seek a solution that would reduce outsourcing costs and waste by better managing supply challenges through improved efficiency. Gee Mathen, Director of Pharmacy Clinical Applications and Technical Services, realized that technology alone wouldn't solve the issue.

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The Social Pharmacist

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Category C: This category is reserved for complex business models that take more time or expertise to review, such as telemedicine services, sterile compounding, or nuclear pharmacy. Annual Fee Per Website: $1995 USD. One-time Application Fee Per Website: $975 USD. Annual Fee Per Website: $1995 USD.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

One key area was in sterile compounding of IVs – a big risk area – in which a dosing error could have serious consequences. In the typical hospital pharmacy, IVs are manually prepared by pharmacy technicians and then manually checked by pharmacists.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The services may also include preparation of customised ready-to-use medications by sterile or non-sterile compounding. Compounding companies may prepare a full range of customised medications such as flavoured medicines, transdermal creams, and bio-identical hormone therapies.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Hear more about how we successfully insourced sterile compounding through IV robotics and services in episode 16 of the Future of Pharmacy Podcast , presented by Omnicell. We consolidated into two companies with about 80 percent of our business.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

In fact, in a 2020 ISMP Sterile Compounding Pulse Check conducted with 634 pharmacy practitioners, only 25% of respondents report using technologies that include barcode verification, images, and gravimetric verification for 50% of compounded sterile products.

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PQA

MARCH 1, 2023

Family Pharmacy currently provides retail services at both stores, non-sterile compounding through the South Aiken location, clinical services, immunizations, transitions of care services, diabetic shoe fittings, OTC medications, wellness classes, and houses a full-time director of clinical services.

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BuzzRx

OCTOBER 14, 2022

If your doctor’s office has given you a prescription with instructions to fill it at a compounding pharmacy, you might be wondering what exactly this means. Only around 7,500 are compounding pharmacies, of which only 3,000 perform sterile compounding. What does it mean when a pharmacy is compounding?

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Stephanie Gallagher, PharmD, MBA Senior Clinical Product Marketing Manager, Omnicell The sterile compounding industry has been under great scrutiny due to alarming frequency and severity of adverse events from IV compounding, such as the New England Compounding Center catastrophe in 2012.

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Omnicell

MARCH 27, 2023

Fewer than 15% of healthcare systems currently automate sterile compounding, yet in an average outpatient pharmacy, it is estimated that four medication errors occur every single day.

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Omnicell

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Fewer than 15% of healthcare systems currently automate sterile compounding, yet in an average outpatient pharmacy, it is estimated that four medication errors occur every single day.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the central pharmacy, our IVX Workflow management system , now supports decentralized compounding, enabling an sterile compounding workflow system now supports decentralized compounding, enabling an alternative way to compound new orders.

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