Dr. Joseph Navarra, RPh., FACA, FAPC

Dr. Joseph Navarra is the owner of Town Total Compounding Center in Woodbury, N.Y., a PCAB/ACHC Accredited compounding only pharmacy providing sterile and non-sterile compounding patient specific prescriptions. Previous to this he was the Executive Vice-President of Town Total Health, independent pharmacies that had a focus on specialty pharmacy. The specialties served there were HIV, Transplant, and Hepatitis-C patients in the New York Metropolitan Area. He has been involved with adherence programs, refill alignment services, MTM, and investigational drug studies while owning Town Total Health. At the Town Total Compounding Center, sterile and non-sterile compounds are compounded daily. Double blind investigational compound studies are also provided. The compounding pharmacy follows USP <795>, <797>, and <800> guidelines. Joseph Navarra graduated St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Queens, NY in 1992 and has been compounding ever since. Joseph has been very involved in professional organizations promoting and enhancing the practice of pharmacy at a high level. He is the past President and past Chairman of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York, past President and past Chairman of the Italian-American Pharmacists Society and is a current board member of the New York City Pharmacists Society and is current Vice-President of the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding. Joseph is certified in delivering MTM and in Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery training. He has received many awards while practicing pharmacy including theDistinguished Young Pharmacists Award, Preceptor of the Year Awards, and the Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award.

COMPOUNDING: AN OVERVIEW OF USP CHAPTERS 795, 797, AND 800

ACPE# TBD

Objectives:

1.  Define a designated person(s) and what they do.

2.  Explain the need of Standard Operating Procedures.

3.  Identify the new BUD guidelines for USP <795>.

4.  Identify the new BUD guidelines for USP <797>.

5.  Explain the significance of properly using Assessment of Risks for USP <800>.