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FDA Alert on Lack of Sterility Assurance of Drug Products From The Compounding Shop

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers, hospital supply managers, and pharmacists that the FDA’s preliminary findings of practices at The Compounding Shop of St. Petersburg, Fla., raise concerns about a lack of sterility assurance for ...More

2 weeks ago

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Draft Bill to Make Clear Oversight Responsibilities for Pharmaceutical Compounding

Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), with Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and other members of the HELP Committee, on Friday, ...More

4 weeks ago

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FDA Warns That Damaged, Worn Covers for Medical Bed Mattresses Pose Risk

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers that damaged or worn covers for medical bed mattresses can allow blood and body fluids to penetrate medical bed mattresses, posing a risk of infection to patients. A medical bed mattress cover provides ...More

4 weeks ago

Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene

Recall by Balanced Solutions Compounding Pharmacy Due to Lack of Sterility Assurance

Balanced Solutions Compounding Pharmacy, a division of Axium Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc., of Lake Mary, Fla., is voluntarily recalling all lots of its sterile non-expired drug products due to a lack of sterility assurance and concerns with product quality controls. Healthcare ...More

5 weeks ago

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New Whitepaper Details What Compounding Pharmacies Must Know to Prepare for FDA Inspections

In anticipation of new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, many companies are working toward correcting potential problems and attaining USP <797> compliance. A new whitepaper addresses the issues that compounding pharmacies must address prior to ...More

April 16, 2013

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Lack of Sterility Assurance of Drug Products from ApotheCure Inc. and NuVision Pharmacy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers, hospital supply managers and pharmacists that sterile drug products made by ApotheCure, Inc. and sterile lyophilized (freeze dried powder) drug products made by NuVision Pharmacy were produced under ...More

April 16, 2013

Posted in News

Dental Bib Clips Can Harbor Bacteria Even After Disinfection

Researchers at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and the Forsyth Institute published a study today that found that a significant proportion of dental bib clips harbored bacteria from the patient, dental clinician and the environment even after the clips had ...More

April 2, 2013

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Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy Recalls All Lots of Sterile Products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers and patients of a voluntary recall of all lots of sterile products produced and distributed by Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy (CSCP) of Augusta, Ga. The recall of all sterile products is due ...More

March 22, 2013

Posted in News

Med Prep Consulting Recalls All Sterile Drug Products Due to Contamination

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers and patients of a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots of all products produced by Med Prep Consulting Inc. of Tinton Falls, N.J., a specialty pharmacy licensed by the state of New Jersey. The recall ...More

March 18, 2013

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Olean General Alerts Patients to Possible Insulin Pen Reuse

Olean General Hospital in Olean, N.Y. announced today that a careful internal review of hospital insulin pen use raised the possibility that their reuse may have occurred with some patients during the period from November 2009 to Jan. 16, 2013. The hospital has not ...More

January 24, 2013

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

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