This month’s supplement—The State of Pharmacy Compounding—represents our 16th year surveying hospital pharmacy compounding practices. This rich set of data can be used as leverage when advocating for budgetary support from institutional administration while assisting in benchmarking your operation against those of your peers.

This is a key year for the enforcement of USP General Chapters <797> and <800>. Thus, PP&P continues to engage clinical pharmacy experts to help explain the foundations of the regulations and share your peers’ best practice approaches to compliant compounding.

Properly balancing regulatory requirements with pharmacy best practices represents the apex of pharmacy leadership, and the data found in this year’s survey results provide an ample and convincing backbone for several initiatives, particularly those where technology and automation can alleviate stress points and modernize your practice.

Please visit pppmag.com/slides to find a free, downloadable slide package of the data in this issue. These can be used for new instrument or technology acquisition proposals, to highlight accomplishments you have already made in your pharmacy, and more. We simply ask that you retain the credit found at the bottom of each slide.

All the best,

R. Mitchell Halvorsen

Publisher

A Token of Thanks

Jeremy Samuel
Pharmacy Supply Chain Manager
DCH Health System
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The winner of this year’s State of Pharmacy Compounding survey sweepstakes is Jeremy Samuel, pharmacy supply chain manager at DCH Health System in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As the winner, Jeremy received a 50” UHD TV! Our sincere thanks go out to Jeremy and all this year’s survey participants.