Pharmacy Inspection Podcast

In our 15th episode Pharmacist and rockstar entrepreneur, Bill Fixler talks about his experience in co-owning 3 pharmacies; all of which compound. Most recently, Bill has been working on opening a 503B pharmacy, Asteria Health in Birmingham, Alabama. We also discuss differences between owning a 503A and 503B and what he learned making this transition. This is the second part of possibly a three part series that we recorded last year. Stay tuned! Sign up to receive the entire episode: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!      

This week we welcome Herschell Hitchcock, President of EOC1 to the podcast. Herschell is an industrial hygienist by training and has a ton of experience in how exactly cleanrooms work and how to troubleshoot problems when something goes wrong. His company EOC1 also certifies and maintains cleanrooms for a number of clients all over the United States and beyond! WE'RE NOW ON iHEART RADIO PODCASTS (click here)! Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!    

This week we welcome Brenda Jensen and Jim Hack of Compounding Consultants to the podcast. They both began their pharmacy careers as technicians over 30 years at an Air Force Base and now consult pharmacies, large and small, in compounding compliance for seeking accreditation. WE'RE NOW ON iHEART RADIO PODCASTS (click here)! Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!    

This week we welcome Dr. Loyd Allen Jr. to the podcast. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding (click here) and has been an outspoken advocate for improving quality in compounding as well as advising on multiple committees for the United States Pharmacopeia and the FDA. WE'RE NOW ON iHEART RADIO PODCASTS (click here)! Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!    

Java Coleman joins us this week. He is a consultant for the pharmaceutical industry through XLN Collaborative Consulting. Java has been working for many year now in the area of process improvement. He's also worked at large organizations like Fagron, Apex and Nestle in their operations and improvement divisions. Feel free to reach out to Java: jcoleman@xlnconsultants.com WE'RE NOW ON iHEART RADIO PODCASTS (click here)! Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!            

This week we talk with Rad Dillon. He is a pharmacist and certified surveyor and consultant for the Accreditation Commission for Health Care with a lot of experience performing PCAB accreditation audits. Rad also has experience in writing Standard Operating Procedures and pharmacy management. He's also attained the American Society for Quality's Quality Auditing (CQA) and Quality Management/Operational Excellence (CMQ OE) certifications. Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!   

In our 9th episode we speak with Joe Cabaliero and Bill Mixon. Both of these gentlemen have a history in compounding pharmacy that is interesting and impressive. Recently, they have submitted a proposal to include sterile compounding as one of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). In this episode we discuss how the idea came about and some of the work that went into getting the specialty to be considered. Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!   

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome to 2018. In our 8th episode we speak with James Brown and Dr. Wayne Dehaven of Pharmetric Laboratory. We'll be talking about the importance of method suitability, why it's necessary and what Pharmetric specializes in: Rapid Microbiological Sterility Testing. Their method allows pharmacies to get sterility results within 5 days rather than 2 weeks.   Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!   

In our 7th episode we speak with Jon Pritchett, Associate Director of Pharmacy for Accreditation Commission for Health Care. Jon has not only worked in compounding pharmacy for many years but is now director of pharmacy of the accrediting body that audits many compounding pharmacies throughout the country. This is a great discussion about USP 800, Accreditation University and their offerings and we try to answer the question, "why are there so many awesome pharmacists in the state of North Carolina?" Sign up for updates from PharmacyInspection.com: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!     

In our sixth episode Pharmacist and rockstar entrepreneur, Bill Fixler talks about his experience in co-owning 3 pharmacies; all of which compound. Most recently, Bill has been working on opening a 503B pharmacy, Asteria Health in Birmingham, Alabama. We also discuss differences between owning a 503A and 503B and what he learned making this transition. This podcast is a little longer than our previous; our whole conversation with Bill was well over 90 minutes; I'll make this entire conversation available to my subscribers shortly because there is a TON of valuable information! Sign up to receive the entire episode: [mc4wp_form id="14886"] If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!     

In our fifth episode we welcome Cheri Kraemer, owner and pharmacist in charge of Pharmacy Specialties, Inc. Cheri has been compounding for many years and was recently distinguished by ACHC for the pharmacy's compliance with USP 800. On this episode we'll be talking with Cheri about the challenges she faces with 800 and just generally with the changing landscape of compounding pharmacy. If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!        Subscribe to our email list for updates! [mc4wp_form id="14886"]  

In our fourth episode we welcome back Shawn Valandra, owner of SV Environmental Consulting and SVE Filtration. Shawn has experience in providing clean air solutions to GMP Environments for the last 20 years. Bryan Prince and Shawn have consulted on and built several USP compliant cleanrooms. We continue our discussion on various issues that pharmacies will typically see with building new cleanroom environments. We also talk about some of the obstacles they've encountered on projects they were called on to finish. If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!      Subscribe to our email list for updates! [mc4wp_form id="14886"]  

Show Notes In our third episode we welcome Shawn Valandra, owner of SV Environmental Consulting and SVE Filtration. Shawn has experience in providing clean air solutions to GMP Environments for the last 20 years. Bryan Prince and Shawn have consulted on and built several USP compliant cleanrooms. We discuss various issues that pharmacies will typically see with building new cleanroom environments. We also talk about some of the obstacles they've encountered on projects they were called on to finish. When we recorded this it actually went a little long so we turned this conversation into a two part series, check out the conclusion of this discussion in episode 4. If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast with those who might find it helpful. We're just getting warmed up; there's SO many more topics to cover! Stay tuned for what's to come! Thanks for listening. Do you have a question or comment for the show? Leave us a VOICEMAIL, right on our site!      Subscribe to o

Show Notes In our second episode we dissect Seth's experience with attempting to become compliant with USP . We talk about some of the issues he went through as well as what was done to mitigate the problems. If you're in the planning stages or about to undertake this project this is an episode you do not want to miss! Special Thanks this week to PharmacyJoe.com for honorable mention on his website and Tony Guerra - @Tony_PharmD (from the Pharmacy Podcast Network) for helping us spread the word of our Podcast! PharmacyJoe.com is a site (and Podcast) created by @PharmacyJoe dedicated to issues within Critical Care Pharmacy, "My mission is to provide you unbiased & practical critical care pharmacy information." Joe is also a graduate of Albany College of Pharmacy (ACPHS). If you're a critical care pharmacist, you'll find his resources and podcasts extremely helpful; you can also get Continuing Education Credit by listening! If you like the podcast follow us on twitter @PharmacyInspect and share the podcast