Allergen immunotherapy extract treatment set preparation: making a safer and higher quality product for patients.

The best possible allergen immunotherapy clinical outcomes require the provision of high quality and safe allergen immunotherapy extract preparations. Evolving national guidelines and regulatory bodies have devoted special attention to the safe compounding of sterile products, including allergen extracts. It is incumbent upon allergists preparing extract treatment sets for patients to be familiar with and adopt training, procedures and safety measures that lead to standardized high quality products.