Location: 
Content is internet delivered, thus location is virtually anywhere an internet connection is available.

This program is for : 
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Presenter:
David Dubose, RPh

Texas Pharmacy Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a Provider of Continuing Pharmacy Education.
(ACPE # 154-999-04-705-H04)

PassAssured's Aseptic Compounding Continuing Education Course is Endorsed by the Texas Pharmacy Association.

Learning Objectives and Goals:
 

• The student will learn basic terminology and environmental contamination concerns in performing aseptic techniques procedures.
   
• The student will learn the uses of vertical airflow hoods, or biological safety cabinets.
   
• The student will learn the components of a syringe which are graphically illustrated and reviewed.
   
• The student will learn the four most widely used parenteral routes, with a high level review of various injection types given.
   
• The student will be provided a broad ‘overview’ of skills needed to perform sterile compounding.
   
• Learning how to avoid contamination while using a Laminar airflow hood and various procedures that assure successful sterile product mixing are provided.
   
• Examples of filling a syringe, breaking an ampoule, reconstituting a sterile powder, injecting liquids into a plastic IV bag, introducing liquids into a glass intravenous bottle, and many more aseptic techniques are reviewed.
   
• The student will be introduced to various solutions used in Pharmacy. Irrigation solutions, parenteral solutions, and TPNs are highlighted.
   
• The objective of this section is to demonstrate the preparation and the safe handling of Antineoplastic agents used in the treatment of cancer. Emphasis on personnel safety and safety procedures for handling these dangerous agents are discussed.
   
• The objective of Stability Considerations as well as information on various types of reference material is given since parenteral products have special stability concerns.
   
• The steps to performing a Parenteral Admixture Order are illustrated.
   
• The goal of PassAssured’s Sterile Compounding CE Program is to reinforce the sterile compounding techniques that the trained pharmacists and pharmacy technicians have previously accomplished in a certification course. The student, upon completion of this course, will receive 12 hours of CE credits (1.2 CEU’s) that are approved by the  Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).