Code of Maryland Regulations (Last Updated: April 6, 2021) |
Title 10. Maryland Department of Health |
Part 4. |
Subtitle 34. BOARD OF PHARMACY |
Chapter 10.34.19. Sterile Pharmaceutical Compounding |
Sec. 10.34.19.07. Record-Keeping Requirements
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A. Patient Prescription Records.
(1) The pharmacy shall maintain records of patient prescriptions.
(2) Patient prescription records shall contain:
(a) Available medical information consistent with prevailing pharmacy standards; and
(b) The complete record of the formulations of the solutions that were compounded.
(3) The pharmacy shall keep completed patient prescription records in a retrievable manner for at least 5 years, either:
(a) At the inspection site; or
(b) So as to be immediately retrievable by computer or other electronic means.
B. Compounded Sterile Preparations Records.
(1) For a pharmacy preparing compounded sterile preparations, the following records shall be maintained for at least 5 years:
(a) The training and competency evaluation of employees in sterile preparation procedures;
(b) Refrigerator and freezer temperatures;
(c) Certification of the sterile compounding environment, including ISO 5 workstations and the clean and anterooms;
(d) Other facility quality control logs specific to the pharmacy's policies and procedures, for example, cleaning logs for facilities and equipment;
(e) Records documenting inspection for expired or recalled pharmaceutical preparations or raw ingredients;
(f) Preparation records including compounding work sheets, and records of the registered pharmacy technicians' checking/sign-off process; and
(g) Preparation records including compounding work sheets and records of the pharmacists' checking/sign-off process.
(2) In addition to the records requirement in §B(1) of this regulation, for batch compounded sterile preparations, a pharmacy compounding sterile batch preparations for future use shall have records indicating the:
(a) Drug and ingredient names;
(b) Lot numbers;
(c) Expiration dates;
(d) Drug/diluent amounts; and
(e) Date on which the compounded sterile batch preparations were prepared.
(3) A pharmacy shall maintain records of media fill verification results for 5 years.