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on December 14, 2012 at 5:44 PM, updated December 14, 2012 at 5:45 PM
on December 14, 2012 at 5:44 PM, updated December 14, 2012 at 5:45 PM
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SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Home
Infusion & Respiratory Services has suspended drug compounding work at
its 211 Carando Drive location in the wake of a state inspection.
Problems at the pharmacy relate to standardization of work flow, documentation and infrastructure at the facility, said Benjamin C. Craft, a Baystate spokesman. There was no indication of contaminated medications or contamination at the facility. Craft said there was no indication of patients suffering adverse effects.
The shutdown began late Wednesday and will last indefinitely, said Craft. In the meantime, the pharmacy at Baystate Medical Center has taken over compounding duties. Any patients with problems are asked to call the pharmacy at (413) 794-4663.
The inspection at Baystate was part of a wave of unannounced inspections at compounding pharmacies around the state the Department of Public Health is doing in response to a nationwide meningitis outbreak traced to dirty conditions at New England Compounding Center in Framingham, which sold injectable doses of a steroid around the country.
The outbreak is suspected of killing 36 patients and sickening more than 500 others.
At the time of the outbreak, the state Department of Public Health wasn’t even sure how many compounding pharmacies in the state were preparing injectable drugs.
Since then, the state has developed a list of 35 compounding pharmacies doing injectable medications including four local pharmacies: Baystate Home Infusion and IntegriScript Pharmacy, McClelland Health System and Western Massachusetts Compounding. All but Baystate Home Infusion are located in West Springfield.
The state is now doing unannounced inspections at each of those 35 pharmacies. Three Boston-area pharmacies were shut down last week.
IntegriScript is part of Berkshire Healthcare and exclusively serves Berkshire Healthcare’s network of nursing homes and senior living communities, according to its website.
Problems at the pharmacy relate to standardization of work flow, documentation and infrastructure at the facility, said Benjamin C. Craft, a Baystate spokesman. There was no indication of contaminated medications or contamination at the facility. Craft said there was no indication of patients suffering adverse effects.
The shutdown began late Wednesday and will last indefinitely, said Craft. In the meantime, the pharmacy at Baystate Medical Center has taken over compounding duties. Any patients with problems are asked to call the pharmacy at (413) 794-4663.
The inspection at Baystate was part of a wave of unannounced inspections at compounding pharmacies around the state the Department of Public Health is doing in response to a nationwide meningitis outbreak traced to dirty conditions at New England Compounding Center in Framingham, which sold injectable doses of a steroid around the country.
The outbreak is suspected of killing 36 patients and sickening more than 500 others.
At the time of the outbreak, the state Department of Public Health wasn’t even sure how many compounding pharmacies in the state were preparing injectable drugs.
Since then, the state has developed a list of 35 compounding pharmacies doing injectable medications including four local pharmacies: Baystate Home Infusion and IntegriScript Pharmacy, McClelland Health System and Western Massachusetts Compounding. All but Baystate Home Infusion are located in West Springfield.
The state is now doing unannounced inspections at each of those 35 pharmacies. Three Boston-area pharmacies were shut down last week.
IntegriScript is part of Berkshire Healthcare and exclusively serves Berkshire Healthcare’s network of nursing homes and senior living communities, according to its website.
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