Ensuring Safe Nonsterile Hazardous Compounding

By Gina ShawHealth-system pharmacies are increasingly recognizing that nonsterile hazardous compounding presents many of the same containment and exposure risks as sterile compounding, but often with fewer built-in engineering controls.To manage those risks, compounding facilities can take several practical steps to keep staff safe under the twin frameworks of USP General Chapters <795> and <800>, according to Annie Lambert, PharmD, the clinical program manager for compliance solutio