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Achieving Your Personnel Best: Training Personnel in USP Chapter 797 and Opportunities for Quality Assessment Plans

United States Pharmacopeia General Chapter 797 (USP <797>) sets the minimum standards for sterile compounding to ensure quality and safety of compounded sterile products and is enforceable by the FDA, CMS, state agencies, and accreditation bodies. In November 2023, updates to USP <797> became official. This educational activity will address changes to USP <797> where implementation challenges have been reported such as training personnel including students, new practitioners, non-pharmacy staff entering the cleanroom, and healthcare professionals involved in sterile compounding outside of the pharmacy. Additionally, as more accreditation organizations are assessing quality assurance and control plans, best practices for implementing and improving a written quality plan will be discussed.

Tuesday, April 8
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET

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Speakers

Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, BCSCP, FASHP, Activity Chair
Director, Accreditation and Medication Safety
Cardinal Health
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Cindy Brasher, PharmD, MS, BCSCP
Manager of Compounding
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee

Ashley M. Duty, PharmD, MS, BCSCP, FASHP
Director of Inpatient Pharmacy Operations
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Target Audience

The target audience for the education is pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and medication safety officers practicing in hospitals and health systems, including all settings responsible for preparing, labeling, packaging, storing and distributing compounded sterile preparations. This also may be of interest to infection control practitioners and risk management practicing in hospitals and health systems.

Learning Objectives

Design education and competency assessment for non-pharmacy personnel involved in sterile compounding or tasks associated with USP <797>.
Develop quality assurance and control plans including procedures for improvement when challenges arise.
Apply best practices for training and assessing pharmacy students and new practitioners.

Agenda

11:30 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions
Patricia C. Kienle
11:35 a.m. – A Crash Course for Achieving USP <797> Compliance with Non-Pharmacy Personnel
Cindy Brasher
12 p.m. – On the cUSP of USP <797> Compliance, Now We Need a Written Quality Plan
Patricia C. Kienle
12:25 p.m. – Training the Trainers: Guidance for Faculty and Preceptors Overseeing Students & New Practitioners
Ashley M. Duty
12:50 p.m. – Faculty Discussion, Questions and Answers
All Faculty

Accredited for CPE

ACPE #: 0204-0000-24-400-L07-P/T
CE Credit: 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs)
Activity Type: Application-based
Activity Fee: No charge

To Claim CE for the webinar, enter the CE code announced during the activity and complete the evaluation.