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oing away with compounding in the OR will improve
patient safety and case efficiencies. It will also make
sure your facility complies with USP 797, which gov-
erns a wide range of factors that ensure compounded
drugs are prepared in a dedicated space by specially
trained pharmacists who follow strict quality controls and do all their
mixing under a laminar air flow hood.
Perhaps you're looking to stop compounding in the OR, but feel
overwhelmed at the prospect of overhauling a practice that's
become a cornerstone of your day-to-day procedures. Sure, you
can outsource anything you mix in-house to a compounding phar-
macy (see "5 Questions to Ask Your Compounding Pharmacist").
Jared Bilski | Senior Associate Editor
Avoid Compounding in the OR
Start small to stop drug preparations
that can lead to errors and sterility issues.
• A BETTER WAY Sanford Medical Center Fargo (N.D.) standardized its irrigation protocol to reduce compounding and the num-
ber of solutions surgeons could request.
