Monday, December 30, 2013

Iowa and New Jersey Nearing End of Compounding Inpsection Program

Iowa and New Jersey

Inspection Programs

Nearing Completion

The Iowa Board of

Pharmacy partnered with

member boards and NABP

to conduct inspections of

all its nonresident pharmacies

including those

dispensing compounded

drugs to the state following

the 2012 multistate fungal

meningitis outbreak linked

to contaminated injectable

drugs compounded by the

New England Compounding

Center. NABP surveyors

began conducting pharmacy

inspections on behalf of

the Iowa Board of Pharmacy

in December 2012,

and inspections have been

completed at an average rate

of 15 to 20 inspections per

week. To date, more than

500 nonresident pharmacies

that dispense drugs to

patients in Iowa have been

inspected. The program is

projected to be completed

by mid-December 2013.

Similarly, the state

of New Jersey requested

NABP’s assistance in conducting

inspections of pharmacies

engaged in compounding

within the state.

NABP is assisting the New

Jersey Division of Consumer

Affairs (Division) with

planned inspections, under

a contract with the Division

and state’s Attorney General

Jeffrey S. Chiesa. Surveyors

began inspections in July

2013 and are expected to

complete them in the spring

of 2014.

In addition to supporting

these state efforts to expand

inspections, the programs

provided opportunities

for collaboration among

member boards and NABP.

NABP surveyors and board

inspectors developed strong

working relationships that

enabled them to learn from

shared experiences of conducting
inspections.
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