USP <797>: Navigating Process Simulations and Media Fill Testing in Multi-Site Health Systems

NOTE: This session is part of the Live Intensive Studies and Clinical Sessions packages. All attendees may attend these thought-provoking and highly educational sessions. However, if you are board-certified, you must purchase the package(s) for your specialty to receive the recertification assessment and claim the recertification credit.

Faced with implementing the newly revised USP <797> guidelines while simultaneously addressing staffing shortages, many compounders are cross-training staff on the media-fill process, which has caused many organizations to apply stricter rules for personnel and perform more media-fill testing than required or necessary. Through the use of interactive case studies and role-playing scenarios, this session will outline the minimum requirements of USP <797> while providing attendees with a clear understanding of the revised USP <797> requirements on media-fill testing for compounding personnel in various-sized practice settings and multi-site health-systems. Practical strategies on how to write an effective standard operating procedure to defend media-fill and process simulation for the organization and select components for use during the media-fill process will be presented, as will best practices for multi-site operations and cross-functional personnel.

This activity is approved for Board-Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist (BCSCP) recertification credit.