12/08/08: Architect's New Cancer Center Pharmacy Goes into Construction

Bernstein & Associates, Architects, is pleased to announce that a new usp 797 compliant pharmacy, designed by the firm, is now in the construction phase. The phased pharmacy construction project is located at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, one of the nation's premier cancer centers.   read more...  

11/28/08: RJLG Announces Updates on USP 797 Services: 

RJLG is currently working for multiple clients in assessing the health, safety and environmental ‘fitness’ of construction sites. The work moved forward as a result of USP 797 related assessments of multiple hospital pharmacy sites.   read more...

11/24/08: American Industrial Hygiene Association Creates New Workgroup to Study USP 797.

Mission:  Share information on the safe and healthful preparation and/or administration of healthcare involving hazardous or sterile pharmaceuticals; Develop model risk-based programs for the handling of hazardous drugs and/or sterile preparations; Develop models for the incorporation of risk-based programs that mesh patient safety and health, quality assurance, occupational health and safety, and environmental control into a facility continuous improvement program; Develop audit tools for simultaneously assuring patient safety and health, quality assurance, occupational health and safety, and environmental control; Expand the understanding of industrial hygiene issues in healthcare facilities.  read more...

10/17/08: Bernstein &Associates, Architects announces that a new article on usp 797 facility design has been published in Health Facilities Management.

Entitled "Clean Spaces: A look at the revised and reissued USP 797 pharmacy design regulation", it was written by company principal William N. Bernstein, AIA. The article is a review of the new, 2008, usp 797 guideline, in terms of its impact on the design and construction of usp 797 compliant facilities. read more...

10/14/08: EMLab P&K Provides Lab Services & Supplies for USP 797 Compliance

PHOENIX, AZ, Oct 14, 2008 - The United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) recently released a new General Chapter < 797 > providing procedures and requirements for compounding sterile preparations. The standards in USP 797 apply to all people and facilities that prepare "compounding sterile preparations" including pharmacies, health care clinics and hospitals.  These requirements include routine biological monitoring of the compounding area, including identification by an appropriately credentialed laboratory of any microorganisms recovered. EMLab P&K is proud to provide analytical lab services, customer support, and the BioCassette, a sampler with design features advantageous for USP 797 compliance. read more...

9/26/08: "Pharmacy OneSource Ranked Number #15 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Washington State", (c) Pharmacy OneSource, September 26, 2008

"Pharmacy OneSource has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Washington State, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. read more...

09/13/08: "Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Selects Simplifi 797 to Help with USP Chapter 797 Compliance", "Pharmacy OneSource, 13 September, 2008

Bellevue, WA -- Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., software as a service provider to more than 1,200 hospitals in the United States, announced today that Henry Ford Macomb Hospital has adopted Simplifi 797 to simplify meeting all of the requirements of USP Chapter 797 for compounding sites throughout the facility. read more...

11/08/05: "Eric S. Kastango, MBA, RPh, FASHP, Teams with Healthprolink to Put Best Practices Into Web-Based Service to Simplify USP Chapter 797 Compliance", (c) Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., November 08, 2005

November 08, 2005 - Bellevue, WA -- Healthprolink Corporation and Clinical IQ, LLC signed a multi-year agreement to develop, market and service Simplifi 797, a web-based application that simplifies meeting all of the requirements of USP Chapter 797. read more...

07/15/05: Bernstein &Associates, Architects announces that a new article on usp 797 facility design has been published in Health Facilities Management.

Entitled "Pharmacy Facts: Architectural and Environmental Changes Required for USP 797", it was written by company principal William N. Bernstein, AIA. The article is a review of the 2005 usp 797 guideline, in terms of its impact on the design and construction of usp 797 compliant facilities. For further information on design and construction of usp 797 compliant facilities.
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