Frontline Conversations: Enhancing Compliance with USP Chapter <797> in Small and Rural Hospitals

Health systems have worked diligently to ensure that they are in compliance with the revised USP Chapter <797> requirements. This Frontline Conversations session will focus on small and rural facilities with expert faculty. This session follows two live webinars that summarized key revisions to the revised USP Chapter <797>, assessing facility and personnel, best practices for training and monitoring personnel, safety features of technologies and standardization of IV compounding, and how institutions can perform a gap analysis of its facility, personnel, policies, and environmental monitoring. 

No formal presentation was planned for this session. Attendees submitted questions for the faculty experts. 

Faculty

Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, BCSCP, FASHP, Activity Chair, Director, Accreditation and Medication Safety, Cardinal Health

Orchid Motahari, PharmD, BCSCP, BCOP, Sterile Compounding Oversight, Martha's Vineyard Hospital

Michael Ganio, PharmD, MS, BCSCP, FASHP, Senior Director, Pharmacy Practice and Quality, ASHP

Target Audience

This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and medication safety officers practicing in hospitals and health systems.

How It Works

Faculty addressed as many pre-submitted questions as able during the session. During the session, questions were also submitted via the chat.

CE Accreditation 

Content Release Date: June 17, 2024
Expiration Date: May 21, 2025
CE Credits: There is no CE credit with this activity
Activity Fee: Free

Provided by ASHP. Supported by an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.