Pharmacy Daily | New SHPA guidelines

THE Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has released new guidelines for preparing medicines in hospital pharmacy departments. Developed in consideration of developments within pharmacy manufacturing both in Australia and internationally, the new guidelines bring together two previous documents which addressed the preparation of nonsterile and sterile medicines. The new guidelines are applicable to: all types of medicines prepared in Australian hospital pharmacy departments; aseptic and non-aseptic preparation; immediate-use products for individual patients to batches of products made in advance; procedures such as labelling and re-packaging to aseptic manipulation; and medicines prepared by externally contracted pharmacists servicing hospitals and nursing homes. Currently the new Guidelines are being sent out to all SHPA members (and they can be viewed via the members only section of the SHPA website), however they are also available by CLICKING HERE.

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