Module 8 Compounding Non-sterile Preparations Flashcards
Any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used in the compounding of a preparation, thereby becoming the active ingredient in that preparation and furnishing pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans and animals or affecting the structure and function of the body.
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)
Ingredients that are necessary to compound a preparation but are not intended or expected to cause a pharmacologic response if administered alone in the amount or concentration contained in a single dose of the compounded preparation. The term is used synonymously with the terms inactive ingredients, excipients, and pharmaceutical ingredients
Added substances
A ventilated cabinet which may be used for compounding.
Biological safety cabinet (BSC)
A report from the supplier of a component, container, or closure that accompanies the supplier’s material and contains the specifications and results of all analyses and a description of the material.
Certificate of Analysis (COA)
the process of removing soil (e.g., organic and inorganic material) from objects and surfaces, normally accomplished by manually or mechanically using water with detergents or enzymatic products
Cleaning
any ingredient used in the compounding of a preparation, including any active ingredient, added substance, or conventionally manufactured product.
Component
a preparation intended to be nonsterile created by combining, admixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting other than as provided in the manufacturer’s labeling, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance
Compounded non sterile preparation (CNSP)
personnel trained to compound preparations.
Compounder
the process of combining, admixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting other than as provided in the manufacturer’s labeling, or otherwise altering a drug or bulk drug substance to create a nonsterile medication.
Compounding
a space that is specifically designated for nonsterile compounding. A visible perimeter should establish the boundaries of the nonsterile compounding area.
Compounding area
packaging components that together contain and protect the dosage form.
Container-closure system
a pharmaceutical dosage form, usually the subject of an FDA-approved application that is manufactured under current good manufacturing practice conditions.
Conventionally manufactured product
a display of written, printed, or graphic matter on the immediate container of any article.
Label
all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter that are 1) on any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or 2) accompanying such an article.
Labeling
a substance added to inhibit microbial growth.
Preservative