Our compounding pharmacy has been involved in sterile compounding for nearly 20 years so is one of the most experienced sterile compounding pharmacies in the country. We are one of only a very few in Australia equipped with a NATA certified state of the art ISO Class 7 sterile room and an adjacent ISO Class 8 ante room which are required for the production of sterile preparations. We have two NATA certified GERMFREE ISO Class 5 sterile laminar flow Barrier Isolators which are located in the ISO 7 sterile room in which all sterile preparations are made. This set up exceeds the requirements set by USP 797. These ensure that we exceed the high standards required for sterile production so that products produced by are us are indeed sterile and safe to inject.
Our sterile laboratory is equipped with a validated depyrogenation oven to sterilize and depyrogenate all glassware and utensils involved in the compounding process to prevent contamination of bacteria or pyrogens. We also use commercially available sterile and pyrogen free water for injections, vials and filters in all our sterile products to minimize any potential source of contamination.
We have a variety of methods for sterilization available including validated dry heat oven, autoclave and various sterile 0.2 micron filters which enables us to sterilize a variety of products which all require different methods of sterilization. We also
Our sterile rooms undergoes daily bacteriocidal and weekly sporacidal cleaning to maintain a sterile environment. We also monitor the environment at intervals which exceed USP standards with weekly air sampling of the rooms and inside the sterile cabinet using a microbial sampler to ensure no bacteria are present. We also perform weekly glove finger dab plate tests in addition to weekly surface testing to ensure our sterile environment remains sterile. We also monitor non-viable airborne particals weekly to ensure we exceed USP 797 standards.
We perform our own in-house sterility and endotoxin testing which have been validated for various products. Sterility testing involves incubating injection samples in various growth media in an incubator for 14 days to ensure the absence of any microbial growth. We also perform bubble point testing on our sterile filters to validate their integrity which ensures their ability to sterilize heat sensitive mixtures. We perform endotoxin testing on our raw materials to eliminate all sources of potential contamination.
Dr Michael Serafin, our chief compounding pharmacist, has nearly 20 years experience in sterile compounding and prior to that in the 1990’s he had been involved in sterile work at the Department of Cancer Medicine Sydney University. In the early 2000’s he completed a Sterile Compounding Training Program with The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and later in 2015 completed the Essential Elements of Compounding Sterile Preparations Course by Medisca. He is one of Australia’s most experienced compounding pharmacists in sterile compounding.
Our facility is USP797 compliant.
Sterile preparations individually compounded by our laboratory and available with a valid doctors prescription include:
TRIMIX, BIMIX, QUADMIX
Estradiol valerate
Estradiol pellets
Progesterone
Testosterone Cypionate
HCG, oxytocin, methylcobalamin
hypertonic eye drops
0.01% Atropine Eye Drops
NAD+Infusions
.. to name a few.
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In order to arrange to have any sterile compounding done for you please contact us.
