Virtual Training Handling Hazardous Drugs May 18-19, 2023

Join us for a virtual 2-day Best Practices for Handling Hazardous Drugs training covering the latest on USP <800> requirements and led by CriticalPoint's sterile compounding experts Latousha (Tasha) P. Jackson, PharmD, BCPS, BCSCP and Adam West, RCP-SCF, NSF-49 accreditation, an Environmental Monitoring and Training Specialist.

When: May 18-19, 2023.
Where: Anywhere! This virtual training can be attended from the comfort of your home or wherever you may train best.
Who: This training is designed for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nursing, and other pharmacy workers as well as pharmacy leadership and/or designated persons.
Registration Cost: $2,500

This training program reviews current regulations and best practices concerning all aspects of handling hazardous drugs (HDs)s and is appropriate for medical, nursing, and pharmacy workers. Understanding these regulations will allow users to future-proof their facility and employ best work practices when performing both nonsterile and sterile HD handling.

Participants can earn up to 9.5 live ACPE credits for the 2 days of training, which will include lively discussions as well as practicum learning exercises that simulate real-life work scenarios. You’ll also have access to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) table of contents, certification references, USP <800> specific requirement list, and more.

Prework, consisting of 5 hours of self-study CE courses, is required and will be assigned through CriticalPoint’s Learning Management system (LMS) once the participants have been enrolled.

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Step 1: Register for the May 2023 Handling Hazardous Drugs Training

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Training Objectives

Build Compounding Competency

Receive a comprehensive education on hazardous drug handling, sterile and nonsterile HD compounding, and more.

Drive Pharmacy Results

Deepen your understanding of USP Chapter <800> to improve quality, compliance, and patient safety.

Receive High-Quality Instruction

Strengthen your compounding knowledge while learning from faculty who are truly subject matter experts.

Additional Training Benefits

For Technicians

Professional Development. Advance your facility and adopt best work practices to provide a safer and more compliant compounding environment

Bridge Knowledge Gaps. Build competency in this specialized field and become qualified to work in a cleanroom or expand your professional opportunities.

For Pharmacists

Improve Patient Safety. Know the engineering controls, exposures and spill response, decontamination and cleaning to manage your compounding spaces.

Ensure Compliance. Receive actionable insights on best practices and compliance to stay informed with the most current updates to <800>.

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Our Speakers

Latousha (Tasha) P. Jackson, PharmD, BCPS, BCSCP

Tasha is a Virginia native who received her bachelor of science in biology degree from Norfolk State University. She then went on to receive her Doctor of Pharmacy degree

Tasha is a Virginia native who received her bachelor of science in biology degree from Norfolk State University. She then went on to receive her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Medical College of Virginia (Virginia Commonwealth School of Pharmacy) in 2004. After receiving her degree, she began her career in health system pharmacy practice at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA. After several years of health system pharmacy practice in areas such as internal medicine, critical care and pharmacy distribution, Dr. Jackson obtained Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (BCPS).

Her experiences in hospital pharmacy practice and news of the New England Compounding Center tragedy inspired a desire to shift her practice into sterile compounding and patient safety. With renewed focus and training she relocated to North Carolina to serve as Pharmacist Administrative Coordinator – Sterile Products at the Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro NC. Prior to joining the CriticalPoint team, served as the Compounding and Hazardous Medication Compliance Program Manager with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Durham, NC. Dr. Jackson also obtained Board Certification in Compounded Sterile Preparations (BCSCP).

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Adam West RCP-SCF, NSF-49 accreditation

Adam is the Environmental Monitoring and Training Specialist at CriticalPoint, where he is responsible for the development and delivery of virtual training content, and

Adam is the Environmental Monitoring and Training Specialist at CriticalPoint, where he is responsible for the development and delivery of virtual training content, and eLesson curriculum related to aspects of primary and secondary engineering controls and certification.

Adam has 15 years of experience in the certification industry providing Field Certification Services for 503A and 503B sterile compounding facilities and pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Adam also has expertise in viable environmental monitoring, including sampling plan development and remediation. Adam holds the Registered Certification Professional – Sterile Compounding Facilities (RCP-SCF) certification and NSF-49 accreditation.

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Best Practices for Handling Hazardous Drugs

Training Objectives

Additional Training Benefits

Our Speakers

Latousha (Tasha) P. Jackson, PharmD, BCPS, BCSCP

Adam West RCP-SCF, NSF-49 accreditation

Training Accreditation

About TRC Healthcare

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