March 19, 2025 By Cara Zamboni
The first day of spring, March 20th, brings a sense of renewal, making it the perfect time to refresh your hazardous drug (HD) handling protocols and ensure compliance with USP 800. Just as spring cleaning revitalizes homes and workplaces, reviewing and reinforcing your safety procedures can help create a cleaner, safer environment for healthcare professionals and patients alike.
February 1, 2025 By Cara Zamboni
Every February 2nd, we’re reminded of the infamous Groundhog Day—a day that’s come to symbolize repetition and stagnation thanks to the classic film. While Punxsutawney Phil’s weather predictions may feel like a lighthearted tradition, the idea of being stuck in a loop is no joke for those striving to innovate and improve safety in critical industries like healthcare and research labs.
January 1, 2025 By Cara Zamboni
As we step into 2025, we at ChemoGLO want to take a moment to thank you for your continued trust and support. The past year has been one of growth, and we couldn't have achieved our milestones without you!
December 1, 2024 By Cara Zamboni
The ChemoGLO team is thrilled to announce that we'll be attending the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition
2024 in the vibrant city of New Orleans!
November 1, 2023 By Cara Zamboni
The USP 800 requirements for safe handling and hazardous drug compounding are here. Some of you have been following USP 800 for a while and already have a compliance system in place.
October 1, 2023 By Cara Zamboni
Each October we celebrate National Pharmacists Month, a perfect time to recognize contributions of pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacy teams to patient care and safety.
August 1, 2023 By Cara Zamboni
Today, I’d like review Section 15 of USP General Chapter 800 and how ChemoGlo’s Hazardous Drug Clean (HDClean) Wipes are the ideal solution for deactivating, decontaminating, and cleaning hazardous drugs from surfaces. But first, a reminder about who these safety standards are meant to protect. USP 800 hazardous drug compounding and safe handling standards have been developed to protect the health of clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians along with other healthcare workers including nurses, physicians, surgeons, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, home health aides, nurses’ aides, healthcare facility housekeeping, janitorial services, and environmental services.
July 1, 2023 By Cara Zamboni
Did know that USP 800 hazardous drug compounding and safe handling standards become enforceable on November 1, 2023? Are you prepared to meet the standards outlined within USP 800? In this blog post, I’m going to address one element of USP General Chapter 800 – Section 6 which deal with “Environmental Quality & Control.” This is one specific area where using the ChemoGLO Wipe Kit is an easy way to establish and maintain compliance. But before we go into more detail about the Wipe Kits, here’s some information about Section 6:
June 21, 2023 By Cara Zamboni
At ChemoGLO, we are seeing many healthcare organizations (cancer centers, pharmacies, hospitals) preparing for the impending November 1, 2023 deadline when the hazardous drug compounding and safe handling standards (USP 800) become official and enforceable.
March 27, 2023 By Cara Zamboni
ChemoGLO has been a leader in hazardous drug detection and removal for 12+ years. In that time, we have partnered with companies, institutions, hospital systems, and labs to research hazardous drug contamination and ways to address this growing concern. As a result, we have the largest reference database of hazardous drug sampling results in the world, and we would like to share our research and knowledge with all of you.