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On-Demand course
2 hours 49 minutes
All levels
The clean, shiny surface of the laminar flow hood reflects your mask as you carefully prepare a sterile compound. This moment shows how important precision, safety, and care are in sterile compounding preparations. Every step matters when it comes to protecting patient health. In the UK, NHS hospital pharmacies make over 65,000 sterile preparations every day. As a result, there is a growing need for trained people who understand the details of sterile compounding preparations.
This course guides you through all the key parts of sterile compounding preparations. You will learn simple but important tasks like proper handwashing and move on to more complex skills like dosage calculations. You will understand how to safely work with laminar air flow hoods and follow the correct procedures to avoid contamination. You will also get better at measuring, mixing, and preparing sterile products with care and accuracy.
With a 12% rise each year in the need for sterile compounding technicians in the UK, this course gives you the knowledge and practice to meet that demand. Whether it’s calculating dilutions or using aseptic techniques, your training in sterile compounding preparations will help you grow in this vital area. These skills can lead to strong career paths in pharmacy settings where sterile compounding preparations are a daily need.
By the end of this Sterile Compounding Preparations course, you will be able to:
Show correct hand washing and garbing steps for sterile work
Carry out cleaning routines for different types of laminar flow hoods
Prepare sterile medicines by following the right safety procedures
Work out medicine measurements, including percentages and dilutions
Find the correct medicine dosages to keep patients safe
Use proper sterile compounding techniques during practical lab sessions
This course is Sterile Compounding Preparations ideal for:
Pharmacy technicians who want to focus on sterile compounding procedures
Students of pharmaceutical science looking for hands-on compounding practice
Healthcare staff working in hospital pharmacy units
People planning to work in pharmaceutical manufacturing
Pharmacy workers who want to improve their skills in sterile compounding techniques
After studying the Sterile Compounding Preparations Course, your skills and knowledge will be tested with an MCQ exam or assignment. You have to get a score of 60% to pass the test and get your certificate.
Certificate of Completion - Digital / PDF Certificate
After completing the Sterile Compounding Preparations Course, you can order your CPD Accredited Digital / PDF Certificate for £5.99. (Each)
Certificate of Completion - Hard copy Certificate
You can get the CPD Accredited Hard Copy Certificate for £12.99. (Each)
Shipping Charges:
Inside the UK: £3.99
International: £10.99
You don't need any educational qualification or experience to enrol in the Sterile Compounding Preparations course.
Completing this Sterile Compounding Preparations course can lead to roles such as:
Sterile Compounding Technician – £22K to £32K per year
Hospital Pharmacy Technician – £24K to £35K per year
Pharmaceutical Production Specialist – £28K to £42K per year
Compounding Laboratory Supervisor – £32K to £48K per year
Quality Control Technician – £26K to £38K per year
Introduction | ||
01 - Introduction | 00:01:00 | |
Universal Precautions | ||
04 - Hand Washing | 00:01:00 | |
05 - Complete Garbing | 00:03:00 | |
The Laminar Air Flow Hood (LAF) 3 lectures | ||
06 - Cleaning the Laminar Flow Hood | 00:02:00 | |
07 - Cleaning a Horizontal Flow Hood | 00:02:00 | |
08 - Cleaning a Vertical Flow Hood | 00:01:00 | |
Sterile Compounding Pharmaceuticals Demonstrations | ||
09 - Sterile Pharmaceutical Products Preparation Demo 1 | 00:24:00 | |
10 - Sterile Pharmaceutical Products Preparation Demo 2 | 00:13:00 | |
Compounding Pharmacy Math | ||
11 - Solute, Solvent, and Solution | 00:15:00 | |
12 - Percentage ww, vv, wv | 00:06:00 | |
13 - Alligation and Dilution | 00:04:00 | |
14 - Alligation and Dilution Practice Problems | 00:17:00 | |
15 - Therapeutic Dose versus Lethal Dose | 00:02:00 | |
16 - Dosage Calculation | 00:08:00 | |
17 - More Dosage Calculation Practice Problems | 00:07:00 | |
BONUS | ||
18 - DO's and DONT's in Sterile Compounding | 00:30:00 | |
REVIEW OF THE STERILE COMPOUNDING PROCESS | ||
Part 1- Garbing | 00:03:00 | |
Part 2- Laminar Air Flow Hood 1 | 00:01:00 | |
Part 3- Laminar Air Flow Hood 2 | 00:04:00 | |
Part 4- Reconstitution and Compounding | 00:08:00 | |
Part 5- Compounding Continued | 00:17:00 |