Compounded Sterile Preparations Certificate for Pharmacists
| Activity Type: Application-based Activity Fee: $445.00/545.00 member/non-member Release Date: April 24, 2019 Expiration Date: April 24, 2022 |
This product is an ASHP eLearning activity.
Product Description
This self-guided, online program serves as a preparatory course for pharmacists planning to sit for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Board Certified Sterile Compounding Pharmacist (BCSCP) certification examination.
The program provides 38 hours of ACPE continuing education for pharmacists, incorporating recorded presentations, readings, video demonstrations, and exercises in curricular modules. The program covers sterile product preparation practice standards and regulations, pharmacy calculations, facilities and engineering controls, environmental monitoring, cleanroom personnel behaviors, sterile compounding components and procedures, stability and sterility, beyond-use date assignment, nonsterile to sterile compounding, hazardous drugs, managing products until final check or disposal, patient care, and overall quality management. After completing all of the modules, participants should be proficient in both basic compounding techniques and advanced skills required to lead and manage safe and compliant sterile product preparation in a cleanroom environment.
Supplementary materials have been added to assist learners who are preparing for the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy examination. The material includes a study guide and additional education on nutrition support. Learners are not required to complete this additional material.
Professional Certificate Requirement
Once a learner has successfully completed the educational curriculum, he/she has the opportunity to complete a 125-question comprehensive exam. If the learner successfully completes the exam (minimum 80% passing rate; unlimited attempts permitted), he/she earns a professional certificate. The exam is an additional step after completing the continuing education modules.
Educational Activities
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Learning Module |
ACPE # |
Credit Hours |
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0204-0000-19-739-H07-P |
2.5 |
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|
0204-0000-19-740-H07-P |
1.75 |
|
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Overview of Compounding Facilities and Engineering Controls for Pharmacists |
0204-0000-19-741-H07-P |
2.25 |
|
0204-0000-19-742-H07-P |
1.5 |
|
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Compounding Materials, Equipment, and Resources for Sterile Product Preparation for Pharmacists |
0204-0000-19-743-H07-P |
3.25 |
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Getting Started in Sterile Product Preparation for Pharmacists |
0204-0000-19-744-H07-P |
1.5 |
|
Stability and Sterility: Assigning Beyond Use Dates for Pharmacists |
0204-0000-19-745-H07-P |
2.5 |
|
Aseptic Techniques for Compounding Non-Hazardous Preparations for Pharmacists |
0204-0000-19-746-H07-P |
2.75 |
|
Small Volume Parenterals and Other Non-Hazardous Preparations for Pharmacists |
0204-0000-19-747-H07-P |
2.5 |
|
0204-0000-19-748-H07-P |
1 |
|
|
0204-0000-19-749-H07-P |
2.25 |
|
|
0204-0000-19-750-H07-P |
2 |
|
|
0204-0000-19-751-H07-P |
2.5 |
|
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Managing the Product until Final Check or Disposal for Pharmacists |
0204-0000-19-752-H07-P |
3.5 |
|
0204-0000-19-753-H07-P |
3.25 |
|
|
0204-0000-19-754-H07-P |
3 |