Best Practices for Handling Hazardous Drugs

Hazardous Drug Overview (1 hr ACPE credit) 

Learn about health and occupational risks of exposure to hazardous drugs and strategies to implement for safe handling of hazardous drugs. 

Containment Primary and Secondary Engineering Controls (USP 795 and 797) (1 hr ACPE credit) 

Learn how containment engineering controls operate and function to protect you from hazardous drugs and their potentially damaging effects. 

Personal Protective Equipment for HD Handling for USP 795 and 797 Compounding (1 hr ACPE credit) 

Review the more complex garbing required for handling and compounding hazardous drugs. 

HD Work Practice: Receiving through Transport to Patients (1 hr ACPE credit) 

Review required and best practices for handling hazardous drugs, including containment of residue, packaging, and transporting compounded preparations. 

HD Work Practice: Decontamination and Spill Management (USP 795 and 797) (1 hr ACPE credit) 

Learn about decontamination in hazardous drug handling environments, managing spills and disposing of hazardous drugs, and documentation requirements. 

Overview of USP 800 and HD Handling for Sterile and Nonsterile Compounding (0.75 hr ACPE credit) 

Draw a conclusion to the relationship between recommended practice and guidelines and how they all had an influence in the development of USP 800 and how they all apply to worker and patient safety as well as practical awareness to the potential exposure of hazardous drugs. 

Assessment of Risk for Sterile and Nonsterile HD Compounding (0.75 hr ACPE credit) 

Learn about hazardous medications that may be exempted from USP 800 full containment practices and explore strategies to perform assessments of risk. 

C-SECs for Sterile and Nonsterile Hazardous Drug Compounding (0.75 hr ACPE credit) 

Learn the minimum USP chapter requirements for containment engineering controls in hazardous drug environments and determine what best practices for facility-specific designs are most appropriate for your pharmacy practice. 

C-PECs for Sterile and Nonsterile Hazardous Drug Compounding (0.75 hr ACPE credit) 

Distinguish the different types of C-PECs used in HD compounding settings and understand how they operate based on their individual design. 

Response to HD Exposure and Spills (USP 795 and 797) (0.5 hr ACPE credit) 

Learn about the critical elements of an exposure control and response plan, including elements of proper handling of hazardous medication spills. 

Donning, Doffing, and PPE for Sterile and Nonsterile HD Compounding (0.75 hr ACPE credit) 

Review the steps for properly donning and doffing hazardous medication PPE. 

USP 800 Sterile Compounding Work Practice Strategies (0.75 hr ACPE credit) 

Learn work practice strategies for handling hazardous medication to minimize the spread of HD contamination. 

Wipe Sampling and CSTDs for Sterile and Nonsterile Hazardous Drug Compounding (0.25 hr ACPE credit) 

Explore wipe sampling and the use of closed system transfer devices in reducing the migration of hazardous medication residue out of controlled areas. 

Decontamination and Cleaning in HD Environments (USP 795 and 797) (0.75 hr ACPE credit) 

Examine the framework of decontamination, cleaning, and disinfection according to USP 800 and compare these steps to USP 797 requirements. Apply recommended best practices for developing effective steps to manage HD contamination at a safe level. 

Focus on Hazardous Drugs (2 hr live, ACPE credit) 

Review key areas of consideration regarding hazardous drugs, including additional items that must be accounted for.