Sterile Compounding 101: Stability, Sterility, and Beyond-Use Dating

Course overview

Compounded sterile preparations should be assigned a beyond use date. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians involved in sterile compounding should have a good understanding of how to assign beyond-use dates. Compounding personnel are awaiting revisions to the United States Pharmacopeia, Chapter 797 Pharmaceutical Compounding Sterile Preparations, which includes expanded guidance for assigning beyond use dates. This course will assist pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in understanding the roles stability and sterility play in determining beyond-use dates for CSPs and will provide recommendations for establishing appropriate beyond-use dates for these types of preparations. USP Chapter 797 guidelines will also be reviewed.