Expect USP 797 to Impact Sterile Compounding

August 2019

NOTICE (September 2019): After this article was published, USP postponed the official dates of the revised <795> and <797> chapters until further notice. Please see their notice here.

The clock is ticking for hospitals to update sterile compounding policies to comply with the latest USP <797> standards.

Be prepared for changes by the "go-live" date...December 1, 2019.

Risk categories and beyond-use dates (BUDs). Be aware that the low-, medium-, and high-risk compounding categories will be replaced by Category 1 and 2. These new designations focus on where the prep is made.

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