As a consultant in the compounding pharmacy industry I get a lot of calls and a fair amount of interactions, which often are discussing or demystifying things that people have heard. In todays age of social media, discussion forums, conferences, and a relentless...
Let me go ahead and tell you how the twice a month email or phone calls goes, it’s something like this. Hey Bryan, we were given your name by so-and-so because we are having temperature and/or humidity problems in our cleanroom. Sometimes with pharmacy...
Part 1 White Paper: The implementation of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter <800> “Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings” is a major part of the evolution and “new normal” influencing the future of the independent compounding pharmacy and...
There are definitely some unintended consequences of USP <800> implementation for certain pharmacies that I don’t believe the expert committee anticipated. I’m not trying to lay the blame at their feet because admittedly construction can be a fickle...
An Opinion on Laboratory Casework Hello to all my compounding pharmacy friends and colleagues my name is Bryan Prince and I am a compounding workflow and lab design consultant and I specialize in USP <800> compliant environments. In this brief video I want...
There is a question that has popped up multiple times on social media and I wanted to address it. The question is, “do I need an ante room for my USP <800> negative pressure compounding room?” The answer is ‘no’ you are not required by the...
