Eric Kastango, MBA, RPh, discusses the proposed changes to the USP 797 guidelines for sterile compounding and the impact on hospital pharmacies across the nation on a new educational CD. Colorado-based pharmacy products manufacturer, Baxa Corporation is making the CD presentation, 'What’s Next For USP 797?' available to hospital pharmacists and administrators as a public service to the industry.

Englewood, CO (PRWEB) May 19, 2006 -- 'What’s Next For USP 797?' -- an educational CD -- is now available from Colorado-based Baxa Corporation to hospital pharmacists and administrators as a public service to the industry. The presentation by Eric Kastango, MBA, RPh, was originally recorded at the annual American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas this past December.


The CD details the changes currently under discussion and the likely impact on hospital pharmacy practices across the country. Providing pharmacy directors and managers with an overview of the new requirements and the reason for the changes, the presentation includes a discussion of the steps that healthcare providers can take to influence the final revision. Expected to help pharmacy directors and operational managers better understand the requirements for meeting the environmental controls outlined for sterile compounding under the new Chapter, the CD includes a discussion of current state for pharmacy compliance and the necessary next steps in moving from gap analysis to action plan for addressing the pharmacy changes to comply with USP 797.

The presenter, Eric Kastango, MBA, RPh, is a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and has served on the ASHP's Council of Education Affairs and as a pharmacy surveyor for the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC). Kastango travels across the United States to make professional presentations on a variety of pharmacy practice topics, including USP General Chapter 797 compliance, sterile preparation and pharmacy compounding errors, quality systems and collaborative pharmacy/nursing practice models. He is an elected member of the United States Pharmacopeia Council of Experts (Sterile Compounding Committee).

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