USP Proposes New General Chapter Addressing Compounding of Hazardous Drugs
In an effort to protect health care providers and personnel who handle hazardous drugs, United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has proposed new General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs – Handling in Healthcare Settings. The new proposed chapter addresses standards that apply to all personnel who compound hazardous drug preparations and all places where hazardous drugs are prepared, stored, transported, and administered, and standards for receiving, storing, compounding, dispensing, administering, and disposing of nonsterile and sterile products and preparations. The proposed chapter applies to all personnel who are involved in handling hazardous drugs including health care providers and staff, occupational health and safety specialists, and human resources. General Chapter <800> will be published in the May/June issue of Pharmacopeial Forum, and may currently be viewed on the USP website. Comments submitted following the instructions on the USP website will be accepted until July 31, 2014.quoted from here
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