Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) accreditation affords compounding pharmacists an unparalleled opportunity to demonstrate superior quality and safety in the compounding practices. And yet, since PCAB was founded in 2004, only a modest number of pharmacies across the nation have achieved accreditation. Other pharmacies have applied for accreditation but have not completed the process. Now, with Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation: A How-To Manual, there’s no longer a reason to wait.

Key Features:
--Step-by-step directions taking the reader through the three main stages of the accreditation process: the online application, onsite survey, and online submission of documentation.
--A concise chapter on each of the 10 PCAB standards; for each standard, compliance indicators are provided along with examples of how to meet the standard.
--Key details on how to formulate, customize, and number standard operating procedures (SOPs), the essential documentation needed to meet the PCAB standards.
--Sample materials for marketing the pharmacy after becoming a “PCAB-Accredited™ compounding pharmacy.”

Table of Contents:
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Section I: Background and Overview
1. The Accreditation Process
2. The PCAB Standards
3. Standard Operating Procedures
4. The Accreditation Survey
5. What’s Next
Section II: The PCAB Standards
6. Standard 1.00: Regulatory Compliance
7. Standard 2.00: Personnel
8. Standard 3.00: Facilities and Equipment
9. Standard 4.00: Chemicals, Components, and Completed Compounded Preparations
10. Standard 5.00: Compounding Process
11. Standard 6.00: Beyond-Use Dating, Stability, Sterility
12. Standard 7.00: Completed Compounded Preparations
13. Standard 8.00: Practitioner and Patient Education
14. Standard 9.00: Quality Assurance Plan and Continuous Quality Improvement
15. Standard 10.00: Self-Assessment
Appendices
A. PCAB Rules and Terms for Obtaining and Maintaining PCAB Accreditation
B. PCAB Principles of Compounding
C. Code of Ethics for Pharmacists
D. PCAB Required Labeling for Medications Compounded
E. Sample Marketing Materials
F. Resources