USP 800 in Psychiatric Facilities
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Activity Dates: 09/06/2018 - 09/06/2021
Target Audience
Pharmacists who handle HD preparations and work at facilities that store, prepare, transport, or administer HDs (e.g., pharmacies, hospitals or healthcare institutions, patient treatment clinics, physicians’ practice facilities, veterinarians’ offices).
Session Summary
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has issued USP General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drug Handling in Healthcare Settings describing practice and quality standards for handling hazardous drugs (HDs) to promote patient safety, worker safety, and environmental protection. Handling HDs includes, but is not limited to, the receipt, storage, compounding, dispensing, administration, and disposal of sterile and nonsterile products and preparations. A psychiatric facility is unique in that the compounding of IV admixtures and the handling of antineoplastic drugs is extremely limited. Learn how to address the standards of USP 800 in a practical and effective manner that meets the needs of a psychiatric facility and balances the patient, worker and environmental safety with the needs for patient treatment.
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Faculty Information and Disclosures
Ann Richards, PharmD, BCPP
View biographical information and disclosuresLearning Objectives
- Identify the criteria used to determine that a drug is hazardous.
- Describe processes used to identify hazardous drugs used within your facility.
- Develop an assessment of risk template that complies with USP 800.
- Discuss factors that influence the risk of exposure to a hazardous drug.
- Explain means to prevent exposure to hazardous drugs.
Continuing Education Credit and Disclosures
Activity Dates: 09/06/2018 - 09/06/2021ACPE Contact Hours: 1
ACPE Number: 0284-0000-18-050-H05-P (Knowledge)
Nursing Credit Reminder: Note that ACPE credit is accepted for certification renewal.
The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This course provides 1.0 contact hours of knowledge-based continuing education credit from CPNP approved programming. The ACPE universal program number assigned to this course is 0284-0000-18-050-H05-P.
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