What is the definition of compounding for the home care program ?

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The following definition of 'compounding' can be found in the glossary of the Home Care (OME) Accreditation Manual:

The preparation, mixing, assembling, altering, packaging, and labeling of a drug, drug-delivery device, or device in accordance with a licensed practitioner's prescription, medication order, or initiative based on the practitioner/patient/pharmacist/compounder relationship in the course of professional practice. Compounding includes the following:

Preparation of drug dosage forms for both human and animal patients
Preparation of drugs or devices in anticipation of prescription drug orders based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns
Reconstitution or manipulation of commercial products that may require the addition of one or more ingredients
Preparation of drugs or devices for the purposes of or incidental to chemical analysis, teaching, or research (clinical or academic)
Preparation of drugs and devices for prescriber's office use where permitted by federal and state law

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First Published Date: January 23, 2018