PHRM 773 Pharmaceutics II Lab-Sterile Products
This lab course is designed for PY2 students to apply some of the basic principles and concepts they learned from Pharmaceutics 1 and Pharmaceutics II and other clinical pharmacy courses as a Union University College of Pharmacy means of performing pharmaceutical compounding. This course will emphasize all sterile dosage forms including parenteral, otic, inhalational and ocular dosage forms. This course will provide hands-on training as students will work in a sterile environment with a laminar-flow hood. Students will demonstrate aseptic technique and necessary safety precautions when compounding piggyback medications, large volume fluids, parenteral nutrition, and sterile irrigation solutions. Students will prepare various drug products and apply appropriate labels. Students will be introduced to USP Chapter <797> and OSHA standards for safety. Moreover the student will also utilize and apply their pharmaceutical calculation skills, which they began acquiring or developing from the previous year. There will be a comprehensive review of all pharmaceutical and clinical calculations. Students will demonstrate how to perform various calculations necessary on the rate and volume of drug administration.