Empower your staff to improve safety, quality and compliance with the help of new guidelines and standards. Every chapter of this popular review of the fundamentals of preparing sterile products in hospital, home-care and community pharmacy settings has been updated to reflect the most recent revisions to USP <797>. Included are the latest guidelines for the compounding process, quality assurance methods and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the dispensing process. Chapters new to this edition focus on gap analysis and action plans, safe use of automatic compounding devices, cleaning and disinfecting, radiopharmaceuticals as CSPs and allergen extracts as CSPs. Comprehensive documentation for the guidelines is included in the appendices.

E. Clyde Buchanan M.S., FASHP
Senior Director
Pharmaceutical Services
Emory Healthcare,
Atlanta, GA

Philip J. Schneider M.S., FASHP
Clinical Professor and Director, Latiolais Leadership Program,
Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
College of Pharmacy
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH