1. PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
CHAPTER ELEVEN

2. Basic Equipment Used in Sterile Compounding
Laminar flow hood—device containing a HEPA filter; used for preparing sterile products
Vertical flow hood—a laminar flow hood that blows air from the top to the workspace; not recommended for chemotherapy products
Biological safety cabinet—a vertical laminar flow hood recommended to provide protection for the worker, the work environment, and the drug

3. A technician dressed in sterile clothing.
A laminar flow hood.
An example of a biological safety cabinet.

4. Basic Supplies Used in Sterile Compounding
Needles—consists of two parts: the shaft and the hub
Syringes—parts of a syringe are the barrel and the plunger
IV bags—plastic bags used for diluting a solution and administering intravenous medications to patients
The parts of an IV.

5. The parts of a syringe.
The parts of a needle.

6. Administration of Sterile Products
Injection is the most common route of administration for sterile products
Most common injectable routes:
Intravenous—in the vein
Intramuscular—in the muscle
Subcutaneous—in the skin
Other injectable routes that are used less frequently:
Intradermal—in the dermis of the skin
Intrathecal—in the spine

7. Chemotherapy and Cytotoxic Drugs
Designed to damage the DNA of rapidly dividing cancer cells
Lack specificity; any rapidly dividing cells in the body, whether normal or cancerous, become damaged
Pharmacy staff who prepare and dispose of cytotoxic agents are personally at risk of irreparable DNA damage that could lead to birth defects