Implementation and sequencing of a compounded sterile preparation validation testing protocol for second- and third-year pharmacy students.

Background And Purpose: Incorporation of aseptic technique validation testing in a pharmacy curriculum consistent with United States Pharmacopeia Chapter 797 Standards is not well described. Validation testing is optimally placed prior to assignment to health-system introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

Educational Activity And Setting: Environmental and engineering controls consistent with a segregated compounding area were implemented.

Comparison of Aseptic Compounding Errors Before and After Modified Laboratory and Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences.

Objective: To determine whether aseptic compounding errors were reduced at the end of the third professional year after modifying pharmacy practice laboratories and implementing an institutional introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE).

Design: An aseptic compounding laboratory, previously occurring during the third-year spring semester, was added to the second-year spring semester. An 80-hour institutional IPPE was also added in the summer between the second and third years.

Pharmacy preceptors' views on the value and optimal frequency of quality assurance visits to advanced pharmacy practice experience sites.

Objective: To determine volunteer preceptors' perceived value and desired frequency of quality assurance visits by experiential education faculty members.

Methods: An electronic survey instrument was sent to 235 volunteer preceptors.

Results: A 71.