USP Chapters and Compounding Laws

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Which of these are components of the USP?

USP General Notices

Monographs

USP General Chapters

All of the above (correct)

What is the purpose of USP Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations?

It provides standards to prevent harm that could occur from microbial, chemical, or physical contamination; incorrect strength; or inappropriate quality of compounded sterile preparations for human and animal patients.

Immediate Use CSPs can only involve the mixing of more than 3 sterile manufactured ingredients.

False

What characterizes Low Risk CSPs?

They are mixed in a USP 797-compliant area as a single dose for 1 patient. Signup and view all the answers

What are Medium Risk CSPs?

They are mixed in a USP 797-compliant area as a batch for multiple patients or for 1 patient on multiple occasions. Signup and view all the answers

High Risk CSPs are mixed using sterile starting ingredients only.

False Signup and view all the answers

What must be included in USP 797 Training?

Successful completion of written tests, media fill tests, and gloved fingertip tests. Signup and view all the answers

What are Primary Engineering Controls (PECs)?

The devices in which CSPs are mixed, such as hoods or laminar airflow workbenches. Signup and view all the answers

What constitutes a Cleanroom Suite in Secondary Engineering Controls (SECs)?

It consists of a positive pressure anteroom and at least one buffer room. Signup and view all the answers

Anteroom that opens into a positive pressure buffer room(s) qualifies as ____.

ISO 8 Signup and view all the answers

Match the USP 797 Minimum ISO Classifications:

Anteroom into positive pressure buffer room = ISO 8 Anteroom into negative pressure room(s) = ISO 7 Positive pressure buffer room = ISO 7 Negative pressure buffer room = ISO 7 Signup and view all the answers

The buffer room must be more positive than the anteroom.

True Signup and view all the answers

How often must PECs and SECs be certified?

Every 6 months. Signup and view all the answers

The first step in garbing & hand hygiene is to put on ____ covers.

head/hair Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

USP Components

USP General Notices outline basic information, including dosage forms and temperature requirements.
USP General Chapters detail established procedures, methods, and practices, such as USP 795, 797, and 800.
Monographs offer specific formulations or compounds, with approximately 200 found in the USP compendium.
Hierarchy of specificity: Monographs > General Chapters > General Notices.

USP Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparations

Standards exist to prevent harm from contamination and incorrect preparation of compounded sterile preparations (CSPs).
CSPs encompass drugs, biologics (such as injections and infusions), ophthalmics, tissue implants, and others that require sterility.

Categories of CSPs - Immediate Use

Immediate use CSPs are compounded outside standard facilities due to urgency.
Limited to a maximum of three sterile ingredients and two entries into any one container.

Categories of CSPs - Low Risk

Low risk CSPs are prepared in a compliant area for a single patient.
Example: Reconstituting a cefazolin vial for IV administration.

Categories of CSPs - Medium Risk

Medium risk CSPs are prepared in bulk for multiple patients or complex mixtures.
Example: Compounding 10 units of antibiotic syringes.

Categories of CSPs - High Risk

High risk CSPs involve non-sterile ingredients or non-compliant environments.
Example: Mixing alum irrigation from an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).

USP 797 Training

Requalifying training includes written tests, media fill tests, and gloved fingertip tests.
Testing frequency is every 6 months for high-risk and every 12 months for medium or low-risk CSPs.
Initial compounders must complete three sets (six plates) without contamination; requalification requires only one set (two plates).

USP 797 - Primary Engineering Controls (PECs)

PECs are devices used for CSP preparation, including laminar airflow workbenches and biological safety cabinets.
Must maintain an ISO 5 or cleaner air quality.

USP 797 - Secondary Engineering Controls (SECs)

SECs are the rooms housing PECs, which include cleanroom suites and segregated compounding areas (SCAs).
Cleanroom suites comprise a positive pressure anteroom and one or more buffer rooms.

USP 797 - SECs & Minimum ISO Classification

Anterooms with positive pressure buffer rooms require ISO 8 classification.
Negative pressure rooms require ISO 7 classification.
SCAs and containment SCAs are not required to be ISO classified.

USP 797 - Pressure Gradients Between Rooms

Buffer room must have a pressure of 0.020" greater than the anteroom.
Anteroom pressure must be 0.020" higher than the general area.
No pressure gradient is required for SCAs.

USP 797 - Certification of PECs and SECs

Certification of PECs and SECs must be conducted every six months to ensure compliance.

USP 797 - Garb & Hand Hygiene

Proper garb includes head/hair covers, masks, and shoe covers in the anteroom or SCA.
Hand hygiene procedures must be followed before entering clean areas.
Steps: step into the clean side, don a gown, apply alcohol-based rub, and put on sterile gloves.

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Explore the components of the USP, including General Notices, General Chapters, and Monographs with this quiz. Understand the established procedures and specific formulations that are critical in the field of compounding. This is essential knowledge for professionals in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.