Showing posts with label Statement on Veterinary Compounding from the Veterinary Council in New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Statement on Veterinary Compounding from the Veterinary Council in New Zealand. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Statement on Veterinary Compounding from the Veterinary Council in New Zealand

Statement on Compounding Veterinary Medicines
This statement should be read in conjunction with:
• Paragraph 6 of the Veterinary Medicines section of the VCNZ Code of
Professional Conduct and related explanatory notes
• MAF Guidance on Developing a Documented System to meet conditions of
exemption from registration for Compounded Veterinary Preparations under the
ACVM (Exemption) Regulations 2011
Definitions
Compounding means to combine ingredients (for example, generic chemicals or
biological compounds or trade name products) to prepare a medication to be
dispensed to a person to treat an animal. To prepare means not only the process of
combining ingredients in an appropriate manner for the intended purpose but also
placing the medication into appropriate packaging with appropriate labelling to allow
it to be dispensed to and used by a person other than the veterinarian who
compounded it.
Practices that are also included but do not strictly fit the above definition of
compounding are:
• decanting and breaking down trade name products into smaller quantities when
there is no change in the product itself
• reconstituting trade name products, and
• preparing medications to be used immediately by the veterinarian who prepares
the medication.