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Why Both Air and Surface Sampling is Essential in Sterile Compounding Rooms

Posted on by Sarah Meekma
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Sterile compounding rooms play a pivotal role in ensuring the production of sterile and high-quality pharmaceuticals. Due in part to the New England Compounding Center fiasco with gross fungal contamination, sterile compounding and the pharmaceutical industry are experiencing a pivotal moment with the implementation of the new USP <797> regulations.  Maintaining an environment free of […]

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USP 797 Changes are Coming: What You Need to Know

Posted on by Sarah Meekma

Maintaining a sterile and safe environment in pharmaceutical environments is paramount. To ensure the highest standards of quality and safety, USP <797> has set forth new guidelines becoming effective November 3rd, 2023. These new regulations require monthly surface sampling frequency for potential microbes and more stringent action levels for microbial contamination, raising awareness about the […]

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