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Quality Assurance

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How To Evaluate A Compounding Pharmacy

 
 
PCAB Accreditation Seal

Koshland Pharm produces medications of the highest quality, as demonstrated through its status as a PCAB accredited compounding pharmacy. The Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) is a not-for-profit corporation made up of eight national pharmacy organizations.

PCAB only grants accreditation to a pharmacy that passes a set of rigorous standards, including:

  • Using only high-quality, pharmaceutical-grade chemicals and top-of-the-line equipment

  • Frequently testing its finished products at an outside laboratory to ensure potency and purity

  • Passing a thorough on-site inspection

  • Continually training and educating its pharmacists and technicians

For more information on accreditation, visit www.pcab.org

One example of Koshland Pharm's commitment to quality is demonstrated through the use of an ointment mill for all of its topical creams, lotions and ointments. The picture below shows the difference between a cream that has been run through the ointment mill and one which has not. This equipment allows for compounded creams of the highest quality with the best, most consistent transdermal absorption. Not all compounding pharmacies use an ointment mill to make their creams.

 
Ointment Mill
 

To read more about how to evaluate a compounding pharmacy for quality and safety standards, see the following handout (click here).

If you are a prescriber and are looking for a thorough questionnaire for evaluating a compounding pharmacy, click here for the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists' Compounding Pharmacy Assessment Questionnaire.

 

 

Note: Only a licensed prescriber can order compounded medications. 
Prescriptions that are faxed and sent online will be verified by one of our staff members.

 

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