Compounded Sterile Products Flashcards
Minimum acceptable ISO air class for an ante area
ISO 8
Acceptable ante area activities
hand hygiene/garbing
staging of compounding materials
order entry/CSP labeling
Purpose of pressure relationships established by an ante area
Maintains pressure relationships to adjacent rooms
Air flows out: from clean to “dirty”
Minimum acceptable ISO air class for a buffer area and characteristics
ISO 7
Components and supplies for compounding
Location of the primary engineering control/hood
Physical location of a primary engineering control in relation to an ante area and buffer are
In ISO 7 air buffer area, away from doors, air vents, general traffic areas
Minimum acceptable ISO air class for a clean room
ISO 5 - same as the primary engineering control
Direction of airflow in a negative pressure room
Keeps contaminated air in.
Ante area is negative compared to the buffer area but still more positive than outside air.
Direction of airflow in a positive pressure room
Air flows outward
Clean air flows outward toward dirty air.
Direction of air flow: clean room > buffer > ante > outside
Minimum acceptable ISO class for primary engineering controls
ISO 5
Examples of devices/physical spaces that serve as primary engineering controls
Clean room or segregated compounding area
Features of Segregated compounding area
designated demarcated space/room w/ PEC that produces ISO 5 air.
Only includes activities/materials specific to CSP prep
Only low-risk CSPs w/ BUD < 12hrs
Max allowed particle count per cubic foot for ISO 5, ISO 7 and ISO 8
ISO 5: <100 particles
ISO 7: <10,000 particles
ISO 8: <100,000 particles
Frequency of inspection and certification of ISO 5 environments
Every 6 months and if relocated or if damage to the HEPA filter
Compounding Hazardous materials
Use special procedures to prevent cross contamination and proper disposal
Dedication of equipment/hoods for hazardous compounding
Medium-risk compounding
Low risk conditions and products are combined/pooled to administer multiple patients or one pt on multiple occasions (batch compounding)
Complex aseptic manipulations other than single volume transfer
ex: TPNs, use of automated compounding devices, elastomeric pumps
Requires unusually long duration for compounding
Combined more than 3 commercial products or more than 2 entries into a single container
High-risk compounding
Compounding under specific conditions or at high risk of contamination:
Non-sterile ingredients/devices employed before terminal sterilization
Personnel improperly garbed and gloved
Sterile contents of commercial products, CSPs that lack effective antimicrobial preservatives or sterile surfaces of devices and containers for prep, transfer, sterilization and packaging that were exposed to air worse than ISO 5 for >1 hr
Assuming and not verifying that chemical purity and content strength meet original specifications
Compounding Hazardous materials
Use special procedures to prevent cross contamination and proper disposal
Dedication of equipment/hoods for hazardous compounding
Immediate Use
Emergency or immediate patient administration needed
Simple transfer <3 non-hazardous commercial products (<2 entries into 1 container)
Give w/in 1 hr of prep
Labeled/initiated by preparer w/ exact 1hr BUD
Beyond Use Date (BUD)
the shorter of the chemical stability or microbial limits of sterility by USP 797 standards
Time limit of use for multiple needle entries into a single-dose vial exposed to ISO 5 or cleaner air
Preservative free: up to 6 hrs after initial puncture
Time limit of use for an opened single dose ampule exposed to ISO 5 or cleaner air
Shall not be stored