Seventy four percent (74%) of manually compounded sterile product errors are undetectable at final product verification and would reach the patient

By: Scarlett Eckert, Pharmacist Consultant MD Anderson Cancer Center’s implementation of an IV workflow software system that uses gravimetric and barcode verification intercepted over 1,000 errors during manual compounding1. Over a yearlong study conducted from November 2012 to November 2013, 15,843 doses were prepared using this system and 1,126 errors (7.1%) were detected during the... Read more

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FDA issues new guidance for dispensers covered under the Drug Supply Chain Integrity Act

By Nancy Panos The product tracing requirements in sections 582(d)(1) of the Drug Supply Chain Integrity Act took effect for dispensers July 1. However, some dispensers had expressed concern that electronic systems used to exchange, capture and maintain product tracing information would not be in operation by the effective date. But in a July 1... Read more

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Considerations for Design and Management of Critical Software Code

By Jonathan Bagot B.C.Sc. No matter what type of software you’re developing, chances are that you will be asked to make some changes over the software development life-cycle. Change can be problematic when you are dealing with critical code that requires extensive Verification &Validation.  You need to be confident that any change has not affected... Read more

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