medications.
"Nowadays, you should also use a pharmacy accredited by the
Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board, which performs volun-
tary announced or unannounced inspections of compounding phar-
macies that request to be accredited," says Dr. Goldberg.
He says pharmacy consultants who are expert in aseptic processing
and who have solid backgrounds in compounding systems and con-
trols can help you find compounders with proper protocols in place
with respect to facility design, staff training, enabling documentation
and proper oversight (see "10 Questions to Ask Your Compounder"on
page 47).
A continuing concern
Compounded drugs
are commonplace in
ophthalmic ORs,
where surgeons use
the mixtures to pro-
vide clinical benefit
or improve outcomes
when faced with sur-
gical challenges for
which branded med-
ications are unavail-
able.
Many surgeons, like
the ones at the 2
Dallas surgery cen-
ters, inject a com-
pounded steroid-
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