PCCA For Health System Pharmacies

The shortest distance between your health system and complete compounding support.

Health system pharmacies face the challenges of implementing new USP 795, 797 & 800 standards while meeting a growing demand for compounded medications. Partnering with PCCA gives your pharmacy access to the formulations, stability data, team training and experienced support to navigate this growth of compounding operations. Let PCCA help you improve quality and patient safety, while reducing costs and achieving regulatory compliance.

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Pharmacies partnering with PCCA gain access to:

  • Formulas — The compounded master formulation records you need, presented in an easy, consistent format and ready for integration with your EHR system
  • Beyond-Use Date (BUD) Studies — 200+ formulas with BUDs backed by stability-indicating assays and USP 51 antimicrobial effectiveness testing as required by USP

Compounding Drug Information Center

20+ clinical compounding pharmacists available 24/7 to answer your pharmacy’s clinical, technical and regulatory compounding questions:

  • Extemporaneous formulation guidance — appropriate pH, compatibility, solubility, tonicity, osmolarity, calculations, using certificates of analysis
  • Researching therapeutic options for unique patient needs
  • Implementation of USP standards and FDA Insanitary Conditions Guidance

Compounding Training

Empower your pharmacy team to compound nonhazardous and hazardous, sterile or nonsterile preparations in compliance with current regulatory and accreditation standards:

  • Nonsterile Compounding Training for Health Systems — Learn how to ensure regulatory compliance; limit contamination; and compound suspensions, topical preparations, capsules, hazardous drugs and more in PCCA’s hands-on training lab.
  • Sterility Assurance Training — Learn how to integrate sterile compounding regulatory guidance and federal law, develop systems to protect patients from potential contamination, address staff competencies and prepare for regulatory inspections.
  • Custom Hands-On Training — Held at your facility, PCCA headquarters or virtually, curricula options include regulatory guidance, operational workflow, nonsterile or sterile compounding techniques, master formulation record documentation and formulation considerations including beyond-use dates.
  • eLearning Training — Easy-to-implement, ACPE-accredited eLearning program offers your health system pharmacy the tools and resources needed to meet the most current USP 795 training compliance standards.
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Facility Compliance

Make sure your hospital pharmacy compounding facility meets necessary standards with a thorough gap analysis.

  • Review compliance with Joint Commission, USP 795/797/800 and FDA Insanitary Conditions Guidance.
  • Evaluate compounding facilities, workflow and operations.
  • Assess staff and compounding area preparation, SOPs and documentation.

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A team member will reach out and schedule time to learn more about you and your pharmacy. We’ll spend time learning about your goals and share how PCCA membership can help you achieve them.