Essential Nonsterile Compounding Techniques

Course overview

Pharmaceutical compounding involves preparing medications tailored to an individual's specific health needs. Pharmacy technicians who compound nonsterile medications should be well-versed in compounding standards and skilled in the techniques required to prepare medications that are effective, safe, and high-quality. This continuing education program will review techniques for compounding nonsterile preparations, including particle-size reduction, weighing, and mixing. Additionally, techniques for preparing capsules, tablets, solutions, suspensions, suppositories, ointments, and lozenges will be described. The process of assigning beyond-use dates to CNSPs will also be discussed.