by Bryan Prince | May 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Original Article Published PPGMag.com- November 2021: Designing a cleanroom requires a multifaceted process that should reflect the facility’s compounding model-comprising drug volumes, types (hazardous or nonhazardous, etc-while also considering the pharmacists...
by Bryan Prince | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Handling hazardous drugs in the compounding pharmacy, per USP chapter <800> guidelines, involves strategic workflow strategies with the goal of minimizing personnel and environmental exposure. In our previous article, “Can A Class I and Class II Biological...
by Bryan Prince | Dec 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the most common issues a cleanroom will encounter is inconsistent temperature and humidity parameters. Because of the varying weather conditions and atmospheric pressure outside the building, conditions inside the building also fluctuate. As a very dry and...
by Bryan Prince | Sep 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
No two cleanroom suites are designed alike. Effective PEC placement will differ for sterile non-hazardous compounding versus sterile hazardous compounding, for example. Further, some cleanrooms may have space constraints, presenting challenges for placing PECs, fan...
by Bryan Prince | Feb 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
In light of the recently published versions of USP chapters <795>, <797>, and <800>, with the intention of creating cohesive alignment between nonsterile and sterile compounding, it is essential to consider engineering controls for Hazardous Drug...
by Bryan Prince | Jan 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Original Article Published Pharmacy Purchasing Products Magazine: Link to Full Article: Design a <795> Compliant Compounding Space : September 2019 – Pharmacy Purchasing & Products Magazine (pppmag.com) The purpose of USP General Chapter...
by Bryan Prince | Oct 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Transcript from Bryan Prince on The Pharmacy Inspection podcast – Listen to AUDIO here) Hello to all of my compounding friends and colleagues and welcome to another episode of the Pharmacy Inspection Podcast. Last week when Seth pulled me out of the...
by Bryan Prince | Sep 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
[Transcript from The Pharmacy Inspection Podcast- Episode 44 – Listen to Audio here.] There are quite a few “unintended consequences” with USP 800 compliance and unfortunately most of those are hitting the pocket books of pharmacies trying to decipher and adhere...
by Bryan Prince | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Bryan Prince | Sep 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
