Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation: A How-To Manual walks candidates through the extensive and stringent accreditation process for the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) Seal of Accreditation .

Key Features:

• Step-by-step directions taking the reader through the online application process and the accreditation survey
• A separate chapter on each of the 10 PCAB standards in which compliance indicators are stated as action steps the pharmacy needs to take to ensure compliance with the standards
• Details on standard operating procedures—how to formulate, customize, and number them
• Comprehensive list of resources for compounding pharmacies
• Sample materials for marketing the pharmacy after becoming PCAB Accredited™

Contents

Section I: Background and Overview

1. The accreditation process
2. The PCAB standards
3. Standard operating procedures
4. the accrediation survey
5. Whats next

Section II: The PCAB Standards

6. Standard 1.00: Regulatory compliance
7. Standard 2.00: Personnel
8. Standard 3.00: Facilities and equipment
9. Standard 4.00: Chemicals, components, and completed compounded preparations
10. Standard 5.00: Compounding process
11. Standard 6.00: Beyone-use, dating, stability, sterility
12. Standard 7.00: Completed compounded preparations
13. Standard 8.00: Practitioner and patient education
14. Standard 9.00: Quality assurance plan and continuous quality improvement
15. Standard 10.00: Self-assessment

Appendices

• PCAB rules and terms for obtaiing and maintaining PCAB accreditation
• PCAB principles of compounding
• Code of ethics for pharmacists
• PCAB required labeling for medications compounded
• Sample marketing materials
• Resources

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