Pharmacy Inspection Podcast

This week we welcome Brenda Jensen and Jim Hack of Compounding Consultants to the podcast. They both began their pharmacy careers as technicians over 30 years at an Air Force Base and now consult pharmacies, large and small, in compounding compliance for seeking accreditation.

We’ll be having a discussion on compliance with USP , specifically about viable air sampling.

This week Bryan and I talk about Process Improvement! We give specific examples of how to start out improving a few processes within your own pharmacy.

This week Bryan and I talk about Compounding Design Theory! This podcast stemmed from a conversation Bryan and I had about a hood that he helped design for Encore Scientific (pictured on left); a hood with a clear view from any angle. Which is extremely helpful from the the perspective of the PIC; who at any moment could be doing any number of things in the lab. With a hood like this they're able to maintain visibility of any of the technicians operating inside which is important just from quality standpoint but ALSO for the technician working inside as well...

Thanks SO so much for everyone that did tune in; I promise next live event I will DEFINITELY RAISE THE BAR!!! I’ve fixed most of the audio issues and I believe we’ll revisit this conversation again the very near future!

LAST WEEK USP announced the proposed revisions of 797. Join Jon Pritchett, Bryan Prince and I for a SPECIAL EDITION of the Pharmacy Inspection Podcast where we’ll discuss some of the changes that may impact you if accepted. Of course, this also opens up a new comment period; after the show if there’s something you’d like to voice to the USP about their proposed revision PLEASE DO SO HERE (CLICK HERE):

This week we broadcast our interview that we recorded at CCH in June. Bryan was able to sit down with Jeanine Sinanan-Sing, co-founder and CEO of Vitae Industries, maker of the AutoCompounder 3D printer . They talk about their platform and the exciting possibilities available with its use. Thanks again to our sponsor for CCH: Encore Scientific.



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This week we welcome Kim Kieffer! Kim is the Director of Corporate Relations at Empower Pharmacy in Houston Texas. She’s been a compounding consultant at Spectrum, Letco and Freedom Pharmaceuticals. Most recently she was the Academy Manager at Fagron educating pharmacists and technicians. She has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to formulations and quality control.

If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We’re just getting warmed up; there’s SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what’s to come! Thanks for listening.

Thanks to our sponsor for this week and at CCH: Encore Scientific. Here’s the Vitae Industries AutoCompounder 3D printer in action at CCH

Announcement: We’re finally on Spotify as a podcast! In fact, also of those icons below are various podcast hosts; and we’re on all of them. Hopefully you see the one where you usually get your podcasts. If not, let us know.

In our 15th episode Pharmacist and rockstar entrepreneur, Bill Fixler talks about his experience in co-owning 3 pharmacies; all of which compound. Most recently, Bill has been working on opening a 503B pharmacy, Asteria Health in Birmingham, Alabama. We also discuss differences between owning a 503A and 503B and what he learned making this transition. This is the second part of possibly a three part series that we recorded last year. Stay tuned! Sign up to receive the entire episode: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!

In our sixth episode Pharmacist and rockstar entrepreneur, Bill Fixler talks about his experience in co-owning 3 pharmacies; all of which compound. Most recently, Bill has been working on opening a 503B pharmacy, Asteria Health in Birmingham, Alabama. We also discuss differences between owning a 503A and 503B and what he learned making this transition. This podcast is a little longer than our previous; our whole conversation with Bill was well over 90 minutes; I'll make this entire conversation available to my subscribers shortly because there is a TON of valuable information! Sign up to receive the entire episode: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!

In our fifth episode we welcome Cheri Kraemer, owner and pharmacist in charge of Pharmacy Specialties, Inc. Cheri has been compounding for many years and was recently distinguished by ACHC for the pharmacy's compliance with USP 800. On this episode we'll be talking with Cheri about the challenges she faces with 800 and just generally with the changing landscape of compounding pharmacy. If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!

In our fourth episode we welcome back Shawn Valandra, owner of SV Environmental Consulting and SVE Filtration. Shawn has experience in providing clean air solutions to GMP Environments for the last 20 years. Bryan Prince and Shawn have consulted on and built several USP compliant cleanrooms. We continue our discussion on various issues that pharmacies will typically see with building new cleanroom environments. We also talk about some of the obstacles they've encountered on projects they were called on to finish. If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!

In our third episode we welcome Shawn Valandra, owner of SV Environmental Consulting and SVE Filtration. Shawn has experience in providing clean air solutions to GMP Environments for the last 20 years. Bryan Prince and Shawn have consulted on and built several USP compliant cleanrooms. We discuss various issues that pharmacies will typically see with building new cleanroom environments. We also talk about some of the obstacles they’ve encountered on projects they were called on to finish. When we recorded this it actually went a little long so we turned this conversation into a two part series, check out the conclusion of this discussion in episode 4.

In our second episode we dissect Seth’s experience with attempting to become compliant with USP . We talk about some of the issues he went through as well as what was done to mitigate the problems. If you’re in the planning stages or about to undertake this project this is an episode you do not want to miss!

In Episode 1 of the Pharmacy Inspection Podcast, Bryan Prince and Seth DePasquale introduce themselves and how they entered into the compounding arena. They also open up a discussion about they delay of USP , the most recent standard that attempts to protect personnel against the hazardous chemicals they handle and compound with.