{"id":1620,"date":"2013-01-06T21:01:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T05:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hartleymedical.com\/blog\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:49:58","slug":"ashps-outsourcing-sterile-products-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartleymedical.com\/ashps-outsourcing-sterile-products-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"ASHP&#8217;s Outsourcing Sterile Products Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The process of outsourcing to compounding pharmacies plays a vital role in the medical community because compounding pharmacies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can help alleviate drug shortages, which have increased in number and duration;<\/li>\n<li>Can provide specialized, tailored medications for individual patients;<\/li>\n<li>Can resolve operational inefficiencies for health systems in areas such as batch compounding, and ease consolidation of pharmaceutical services during high-demand periods;<\/li>\n<li>Can minimize the cost of facility remodeling to meet USP &lt;797&gt; requirements; and<\/li>\n<li>Can reduce and\/or control labor costs of health systems by shifting responsibility for employees, benefits, and liabilities to a compounding pharmacy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In light of the recent meningitis outbreak, health systems are rightfully re-investigating their contracted compounding pharmacies to verify adherence to quality and safety standards. In doing so, many of these health systems are utilizing the American Society of Health System Pharmacists&#8217; (ASHP) <em>Outsourcing Sterile Products Preparation: Contractor Assessment Tool<\/em>. Hartley Medical fully supports the distribution of resources to help educate the medical world on what to look for when selecting a sterile compounding pharmacy; however, we can only support those resources that provide <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">unbiased <\/span>information promoting industry standards. ASHP&#8217;s Outsourcing Tool, in our opinion, is not an unbiased resource.<\/p>\n<p>It is common knowledge within the compounding pharmacy industry that ASHP&#8217;s Outsourcing Tool was developed with funding from PharMEDium; this is confirmed at the bottom of the Tool&#8217;s cover page where it states, &#8220;Developed with support from PharMEDium Services, LLC.&#8221;\u009d\u00a0 However, it is in the assessment itself where it is evident that the Tool is tailored to PharMEDium&#8217;s business model and not to the standards of the industry. Many of the questions are written &#8220;\u201c and scored &#8220;\u201c to eliminate smaller, specialty compounding pharmacies (those that do not operate as manufacturers) as qualified candidates.<\/p>\n<p>For example, ASHP&#8217;s assessment deducts points if a compounding pharmacy does not offer certain services, such as the compounding of anesthesia syringes or TPN products, etc. However, a more focused product line could be an advantage to a hospital since it may mean that a higher-quality product is being compounded.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Hartley Medical does support ASHP&#8217;s attempt to establish tools to assist physicians and health systems in analyzing compounding pharmacies. As we have stated many times, <strong>not all compounding pharmacies are the same<\/strong>, and the decision of which compounding pharmacy to work with should be made only after thorough due diligence is performed.<\/p>\n<p>Hartley Medical recommends that you utilize the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists&#8217; (IACP) <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iacprx.org\/associations\/13421\/files\/CPAQ%20REV%20with%20updated%20member%20number%20October%202012.pdf\">Compounding Pharmacy Assessment Questionnaire (CPAQ\u00e2\u201e\u00a2)<\/a><\/em> along with ASHP&#8217;s <em>Outsourcing Sterile Products Preparation: Contractor Assessment Tool<\/em> when researching compounding pharmacies.<\/p>\n<p>Or, click <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/open?id=0B5X-XGWoP_rIWmxRbml6U2hWWEE\">here<\/a> to access Hartley Medical&#8217;s list of FAQs that compounding pharmacies should be asked regarding USP and Board of Pharmacy compliance and internal policies and procedures that align with industry best practices.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit Hartley Medical&#8217;s <strong>Knowledge Center<\/strong> by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/hartleymedical.com\/knowledge-center\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hartleymedical.com\/knowledge-center\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1266\" title=\"knowledgecenteronlysmall\" src=\"https:\/\/hartleymedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/knowledgecenteronlysmall12-300x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hartleymedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/knowledgecenteronlysmall12-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hartleymedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/knowledgecenteronlysmall12-1024x135.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The process of outsourcing to compounding pharmacies plays a vital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,41,59,27,38,36,37,73,44,74,75,46,150,39,57,151,60],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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