Guidelines for Compounding Practices

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Compounding is an integral part of pharmacy practice andis essential to the provision of health defined in several ways; one definition in Chapter 795 ofthe United States Pharmacopeia(USP795) is as follows:The preparation, mixing, assembling, altering, pack-aging, and labeling of a drug, drug-delivery device,or device in accordance with a licensed practi-tioner s prescription, medication order, or initiativebased on the practitioner patient pharmacist com-pounder relationship in the course of professionalpractice.

2 The Art, Science, and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding bar above more fully defines compounding and manufacturing and provides guidelines for …