Practical Training in Compounding Sterile Preparations Certificate
| ACPE Numbers: Pending for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians Release Date: April 1, 2026 - currently available to pre-order Expiration Date: April 1, 2029 ACPE Numbers: Various – see below |
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Overview
The Practical Training in Compounding Sterile Preparations Certificate is a self-guided, online learning activity intended for pharmacy technicians and pharmacists who wish to build their knowledge and skills in compounding sterile preparations. It is a PTCB-recognized sterile compounding education/training program for pharmacy technicians pursuing the PTCB Compounded Sterile Preparation Technician® (CSPT®) certification.
This well-rounded curriculum addresses the following topics:
- Sterile preparation practice standards and regulations
- Expectations for cleanroom personnel behaviors
- Pharmacy calculations related to compounding sterile preparations
- Compounding facilities, engineering controls, equipment, and materials
- Aseptic technique
- Stability, sterility, and beyond-use dates
- Compounded sterile preparation dosage forms and administration
- Nonsterile to sterile compounding
- Sterile preparation of hazardous drugs
- Maintaining the cleanroom environment
- Processes related to compounding sterile preparations
- Selection, receipt, and storage of ingredients
- Flow of materials through the cleanroom and compounding
- Labeling and repackaging
- Verification and recordkeeping
- Storage, transport, and disposal of final preparations
After completing all of the learning modules, participants should be proficient in the fundamental concepts required to ensure safe and compliant sterile preparations.
Practical Training in Compounding Sterile Preparations Certificate Requirement
Successful completion of an online comprehensive exam and specified practice exercises is required to earn the professional certificate.
Once a learner has successfully completed the educational curriculum, they will have the opportunity to complete the online comprehensive exam. If the learner successfully completes the exam (minimum 80% passing rate; unlimited attempts permitted), they must then complete and submit videos and other supporting documentation of practice exercises demonstrating the learner’s knowledge and competency in garb and glove procedures, gloved fingertip testing, aseptic hand technique in horizontal and vertical airflow, laminar airflow workbench cleaning, and media fill. Content experts review these demonstrations, and if approved, the learner will be awarded the professional certificate.
A learner is allowed up to three attempts on practice exercises. Learners must have access to a cleanroom to complete these practice exercises.