If dispensing to patients, who then have the CSP administered by a visiting nurse, is the pharmacy required to provide formal education to the nurse or to the patient?
The patient and the nurse must both be educated. A formal training program is provided as a means to ensure understanding and compliance with the many special and complex responsibilities placed on the patient or caregiver for the storage, handling, and administration of CSPs. There are 12 instructional objectives given in the chapter and at the conclusion of the training the patient or caregiver should, correctly and consistently be able to perform them all. The compounding facility, in conjunction with nursing or medical personnel, is responsible for ensuring initially and on an ongoing basis that the patient or caregiver understands, has mastered, and is capable of and willing to comply with all of these home care responsibilities.
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