Description
Prepare sterile and nonsterile compounded medications in a pharmacy laboratory under a pharmacist's supervision. Perform aseptic compounding, equipment maintenance, inventory control, and documentation while adhering to cleanroom, safety, and quality standards.
- • Verify compounding orders, formulas, and calculations for completeness and accuracy.
- • Store active ingredients and finished products under proper conditions; secure hazardous drugs.
- • Compound sterile IV admixtures and chemotherapy using aseptic technique in cleanrooms/hoods.
- • Compound nonsterile preparations per master formulation records.
- • Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients; calibrate balances and volumetric devices.
- • Clean and disinfect cleanrooms, hoods, and equipment; maintain sanitation logs.
- • Prepare, label, and assign beyond-use dates to compounded preparations.
- • Transfer medications from vials to syringes or bags using sterile, closed-system techniques.
- • Support environmental and personnel monitoring tasks as directed (e.g., fingertip/media-fill).
- • Prepack unit-dose medications and apply barcodes and labels.
- • Enter compounding and prescription data; generate worksheets and logs.
- • Receive, lot-track, and manage inventory of chemicals and supplies; check for outdates and recalls.
- • Don, handle, and dispose of hazardous drugs and PPE per safety procedures.
- • Set up and operate automated compounding devices and IV workflow/robotic systems.
- • Assemble and restock sterile kits and IV supplies.
- • Deliver finished preparations to designated areas; obtain required double-checks.
- • Respond to internal inquiries on preparation status or availability.
- • Perform visual checks for particulates, volume, and labeling; document QC results.
- • Maintain patient, batch, and compounding records for traceability.
- • Monitor temperatures and other environmental conditions; document and escalate excursions.
- • Follow infection control and safety policies; complete required training and competencies.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
