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To provide expert guidance and practical advice to pharmacists, technicians, and other health professionals involved in the compounding and handling of hazardous drugs, ASHP published The Chapter <800> Answer Book. A comprehensive guide to every area of compounding, administering, storing, and disposing of hazardous drugs, the Answer Book is written in plain language in a question-and-answer format by Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP.
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) released the final version of Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs: Handling in Healthcare Settings, and all facilities had to be in compliance by July 1, 2018. To provide expert guidance and practical advice to pharmacists, technicians, and other health professionals involved in the compounding and handling of hazardous drugs, ASHP published The Chapter <800> Answer Book. A comprehensive guide to every area of compounding, administering, storing, and disposing of hazardous drugs, the Answer Book is written in plain language in a question-and-answer format by Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP.
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Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP
Patricia C. Kienle is Director, Accreditation and Medication Safety, Cardinal Health Innovative Delivery Solutions. She is a known authority on sterile compounding, medication management and safety, accreditation, and regulatory issues. A graduate of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and Marywood University in Scranton, PA, Kienle also completed an executive fellowship in patient safety at Virginia Commonwealth University, and serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at Wilkes University.
Ms. Kienle has served on the Board of Directors of ASHP and as President of the Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Pharmacists. She has also earned numerous state and national awards acknowledging her expertise in and dedication to hospital pharmacy, including the 2014 ASHP Award for Distinguished Leadership and 2018 ASHP John W. Webb Lecture Award.