Missouri News: Most Common Deficiencies

May 1, 2007 3:24 pm Topics: Inspection

Published in the May 2007 Missouri Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

Inspectors are routinely asked for a list of the most common deficiencies noted during inspections. Below is a list of those that result in compliance notices being issued during inspections:

• Failure to register technicians
• Failure to take annual CS inventory
• Overfilled stock bottles in inventory
• Improperly labeled containers in inventory
• Failure to have policy and procedure manual when required
• No offer to counsel patients
• Failure to conduct/document employee training for sterile products compounding
• Failure to have certificate of analysis for non-compendial active ingredients used in compounding