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Sterile Compounding Preparations

Sterile Compounding Preparations

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  • On-Demand course

  • 2 hours 49 minutes

  • All levels

Description

Overview of Sterile Compounding Preparations

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.

Learning Outcomes

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

Who Should Take This Course

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

Process of Evaluation

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 Achievement

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

Requirements

You don't need any educational qualification or experience to enrol in the Sterile Compounding Preparations course.

Career Path

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

Course Curriculum

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

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