36C25526Q0054 VISN 15 IV Room Certification and Personnel Training

The VA Heartland Health Care Network (VISN15) VAMC facilities listed below require testing and certification of all the VA Heartland Health Care Network (VISN 15) facilities’ primary engineering controls (PECs) and clean rooms used for preparation of compounded sterile preparations (CSPs). PECs include biological safety cabinets (BSCs), laminar airflow workbenches (LAFWs), compounding aseptic containment isolators (CACIs), compounding aseptic isolators (CAIs) and Isolators. Testing and certification will be completed in accordance with United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter <797> (<797>), USP Chapter <800> (<800>), or current guidelines. This requirement also includes personnel training, evaluation and requalification to compound CSPs in accordance with <797>, <800>, or current guidelines