Saturday, June 23, 2012

USP 797 Compliance Update

In its annual survey, the magazine Pharmacy Purchasing & Products has again provided a comprehensive and useful guide ti the state of USP 79067 compliance in the United Staes in 2012. The full article can be found on the magazines website (http://www.pppmag.com/article/pppv9n4s1/April_2012_State_of_Pharmacy_Compounding). 


Some highlights of the statistics are provided below, see the complete article for further details and insights can be found on the USP 797 website http://www.usp797.org/Articles-0612-ComplianceUpdate.htm


About USP 797:

USP797.org, Inc. is the only pharmacy consulting company in the United States that is focused exclusively on USP 797 guidelines, USP 797 standards, and USP 797 compliance. The firm provides USP 797 consulting, as well as USP 797 information through its well known USP 797 website www.usp797.org.

Amongst the USP 797 topics addressed on www.usp797.org, are the following: usp 797, sterile compounding, compounding sterile, usp 797 guidelines, usp 797 standards, usp chapter 797, compounding sterile preparations, usp797, usp 797 pdf, usps 797, usp 797 summary, biosafety cabinet class, and usp 797 regulations.

For further information about USP 797, please go to the website www.usp797.org, or contact USP797.org, Inc. at:

USP797.org, Inc.
1201 Broadway - #803, New York, NY 10011
T: 212.463.0800

Friday, June 22, 2012

Pharmacy Design Website (www.pharmacydesign.org) Publishes New Pharmacy Design Projects


Pharmacy Design has published three new pharmacy design projects on the pharmacy design articles page of its website, http://pharmacydesign.org/Articles.html

The first pharmacy design project is a new, USP 797 compliant, hospital pharmacy design project by architect Bernstein & Associates.  The pharmacy is located in New York State. See http://pharmacydesign.org/Articles-06212012-Bernarch%20Healthcare%20Design%20Pharmacy.htm
The second pharmacy design project is a new, retail pharmacy design project by industrial designer Karim Rashid.  The pharmacy is located in Belgrade, Serbia. See http://pharmacydesign.org/Articles-06212012-Karim-Rashid.htm
The third pharmacy design project is a new, retail pharmacy design project by designer Sartoretto Verna.  The pharmacy is located in Qawra, Malta. See http://pharmacydesign.org/Articles-06212012-Verna.htm
About the Pharmacy Design website:
Pharmacy Design (www.pharmacydesign.org) offers facility managers, pharmacy managers, pharmacy purchasing agents, and pharmacy owners a comprehensive directory for all products and services needed to design, build, equip, and manage a state-of-the-art pharmacy.
What you fill find on Pharmacy Design: Pharmacy Planning and Pharmacy Design Services, Pharmacy Construction Service, Pharmacy Project Management Services, Pharmacy Products, Pharmacy Equipment, Pharmacy Furniture, and Pharmacy Software.
 What you will find on Pharmacy Design: Pharmacy Planning and Pharmacy Design Services - Pharmacy Construction Services - Pharmacy Project Management Services - Pharmacy Products - Pharmacy Equipment - Pharmacy Furniture - Pharmacy Software
Visit www.pharmacydesign.org today to learn more about state-of-the-art pharmacy design.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

USP 797 Pharmacy Design Project in California Completed, Pharmacy Design by Bernstein & Associates, Architects

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that a USP 797 hospital pharmacy that the firm designed in California has been recently completed and successfully occupied. The USP 797 pharmacy design commission was for a complete, new, state-of-the-art hospital pharmacy featuring the latest pharmacy automation equipment. The project included all new ISO 7 anteroom, ISO 7 hazardous compounding room, and ISO 7 non-hazardous compounding room, as well as a complete new hospital pharmacy and employee pharmacy. USP 797 services provided by Bernstein & Associates, Architects included pharmacy programming, pharmacy adjacency diagrams, pharmacy flow diagrams, pharmacy equipment planning, and USP 797 pharmacy design. About Bernstein & Associates, Architects: Bernstein & Associates, Architects has specialized in healthcare and lab design and construction since the firm's founding in 1990. This architecture firm is well-known for pharmacy planning, pharmacy design and pharmacy construction, including USP 797 compliant pharmacy design and construction – see http://bernarch.com/Healthcare-Pharmacy.htm. The firm's principal --- William N. Bernstein, AIA --- is a well-known architect of pharmacies. He has written extensively on pharmacy design and construction including USP 797 compliant pharmacies. Mr. Bernstein's USP 797 articles can be found on the USP 797 website http://www.usp797.org/, on a USP 797 Twitter page at www.twitter.com/usp797, and a USP 797 blog at http://usp797org.blogspot.com/ For more information about USP 797 pharmacy design and construction, contact Bernstein & Associates, Architects at: Bernstein & Associates, Architects New York, Hartford, Princeton and Los Angeles E: info@bernarch.com W: www.bernarch.com Or visit www.usp797.org for USP 797 news and USP 797 information.

Cleanroom Supply Connection.com launches Compounding Supply Connection

CompoundingSupplyConnection.com offers cleanroom supplies and pharmaceutical compounding products geared to sterile compounding and your pharmacy. Groton, CT. – Cleanroom Supply Connection announced today that it has launched Compounding Supply Connection which will cater to pharmacists and sterile compounding pharmacies and include product offerings such as glassware, sieves, capsule machines, cleanroom supplies, syringes, alcohols, hot plates, autoclaves, sterile swabs & wipers, disinfectants as well as other compounding and USP 797 related products. "Many of our clients rely on multiple sources for their compounding and pharmacy supplies that your standard cleanroom supplier doesn't carry - therefore we feel that a new business division focusing on compounding and USP 797 compliance would benefit our pharmacy customers." For more information, www.CompoundingSupplyConnection.com and CleanroomSupplyConnection.com About Cleanroom Supply Connection & Charlotte Safety Charlotte Safety and Cleanroom Supply Connection are quickly growing as the leading cleanroom supplier in the USA. The difference between Cleanroom Supply Connection and other cleanroom suppliers is that we carry established brand name cleanroom supplies at the guaranteed lowest pricing. Many cleanroom suppliers are importing low quality cleanroom wipers and supplies to maximize profit and not considering the consequences of selling inferior supplies such as non-cleanroom compliance. Our cleanroom supplies are mostly made in the USA including the complete line of Criti-Clean cleanroom supplies which is quickly becoming our customers favorite cleanroom supply brand. For free samples and information on what cleanroom and compounding supplies we can offer your pharmacy please call us at 516.596.8781.