USP General Chapter <800> is a set of guidelines for manipulation and handling of Hazardous Drugs (Hazardous Drugs = harmful to people). CMS and other regulatory bodies adopt the guidelines developed by USP into their regulations, (Just like USP <797> gave us regulations about syringe labeling and the "one hour rule"). This chapter goes live December 1, 2019. That means we have roughly 6 months to become compliant. USP <800> tells us how we have to handle hazardous drugs fro

Lots to tackle before the 12/1/2019 deadline… By now, we’ve all heard about USP <797>, but have you heard about it’s little brother, USP...