For your convenience, we have compiled this handy list of pharmacy consultants from across the United States who specialize in USP -related issues. Use it next time you are in need of USP expertise.

Clinical IQ, LLC
Eric S. Kastango, President
184 Columbia Tpk, #282, Florham Park, NJ 07932
973-765-9393 n eric.kastango@clinicaliq.com n www.clinicaliq.com

Clinical IQ LLC assists clients who require expertise in the area of USP and the implementation of extemporaneous compounding quality systems. Eric S. Kastango has dedicated his life’s work to patient safety through better pharmacy sterile compounding practices. He is an elected member of the USP Experts Committee for Sterile Com­pounding, providing him with unique insight on the philosophy and intention behind USP . Eric is an ASHP fellow and a highly regarded expert who frequently consults with industry and clinicians. His articles on sterile compounding have been published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has authored textbook chapters on sterile compounding. He is a sought after speaker and trainer. Eric’s passion for education is reflected in the popular online pharmacy training offered through his company, CriticalPoint (www.criticalpoint.info), and through the STAR Training classes that he developed and led for Baxa Corporation.

Power Enterprises
Luci A. Power
37 Crestmont Dr, San Francisco, CA 94131-1102
415-702-9964 n power_enterprises@hotmail.com

Luci A. Power is a lecturer and consultant on USP and the NIOSH Alert: Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastics and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings.
She has over 25 years experience in IV and hazardous drug systems with the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco (UCSF) where she served as manager of the inpatient IV service with responsibility for hazardous drug compounding. She designed, implemented, and managed a compounding facility as part of the UCSF complex.
Luci is a primary author of the 1985 and 1990 ASHP Technical Assistance Bulletins on handling hazardous drugs and lead author of the 2006 ASHP hazardous drug guidelines. As an original member of the NIOSH working group on hazardous drugs, she is also an author of the 2004 NIOSH Alert on hazardous drugs.

E. Clyde Buchanan, LLC
Clyde Buchanan, MS, RPh, FASHP
1410 Brawley Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 n 770-458-0304
clyde@eclydebuchanan.com n eclydebuchanan.com

Having been a hospital pharmacy director for 28 years, Clyde Buchanan possesses the expertise to solve the problems faced by pharmacists in meeting sterile compounding standards. He has written extensively about compliance with USP . His mission is to improve the safety of sterile compounding by using best standards; the most practical procedures; and the most cost-effective facilities, equipment, and supplies.
Clyde helps hospitals do gap analyses of sterile compounding operations, make strategic master facility plans, and develop functional floor plans. He works with pharmacy organizations to make presentations on sterile compounding understandable and applicable to their members. His general services to hospital pharmacies include:
n Pharmacy department strategic planning and budgeting
n Requests for proposals and reviews of proposals for:
• Clean room vendors
• Architects
• Hood and isolator vendors
• Training programs
• Environmental monitoring companies
• Procedures
• Outsource pharmacies

Pharmfusion Consulting, LLC
Angela Turner Cassano, PharmD, BCPS
2110 Galloway Ter, Midlothian, VA 23113
804-517-5876 n acassano@pharmfusion.com www.pharmfusion.com

Pharmfusion Consulting strives to improve pharmacy operations and meet your goals through clinical expertise and attention to detail. Offering a wide range of consulting services, we work closely with clients to provide a customized solution to meet their needs. Sterile compounding is one of the most common areas in which we provide assistance.
USP provides the framework to keep our patients safe. Doing the right thing takes time and resources. We are there to help you do it right and get it done. Whether you are in need of didactic or hands-on training, gap analyses, or customized policies and procedures, Pharmfusion is qualified to help.

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