Compounding Pharmacies Benefit from Modular Design

Modular Compounding Pharmacies

Compounding pharmacies are held to strict cleanroom standards. Modular pharmacy cleanrooms from Starrco are perfect for your next compounding pharmacy because they can be installed in your new facility in a few days rather than weeks and months.

A modular IV room, or modular cleanroom, is a controlled environment built from prefabricated components that can be assembled on-site. They offer a versatile and cost-effective solution for maintaining specific cleanliness levels in areas like medical labs or pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Starrco offers various pre-fabricated offices and buildings with modular walls and ceiling systems that can be a fast and cost-efficient cleanroom solution. In many cases, with a setup such as a pharmaceutical cleanroom, connections can be made to existing plumbing and electric to meet the required needs of the facility. A modular pharmacy cleanroom can be set up and qualified according to state pharmacy regulations.

Features of Modular IV Rooms

IV rooms feature smooth, non-porous surfaces that are easy to clean and disinfect, as well as a sink with a touch-free faucet for hand hygiene and separate storage areas for sterile and non-sterile supplies.

Modular cleanrooms come in various sizes, but each one must have these features to meet the definition of a cleanroom:

Air quality: The atmosphere is controlled by an HVAC system with HEPA filters that capture 99.97% of particles that are 0.3 micrometers in size. This type of cleanroom must have a minimum of ISO Class 7 air quality, typically requiring a maximum of 352,000 particles per cubic meter of 0.5 microns or larger.
Wall panels: Fiber-reinforced plastic wall panels with two 24-gauge steel layers, two vinyl-covered particleboard layers and two vinyl-covered gypsum board interior panels surrounding a polystyrene core. The modular cleanroom walls can be customized to accommodate any layout requirements for your compounding pharmacy.
Frames: Powder-coated steel frames or anodized aluminum frames welded at the corners and ceiling.
Floors: Flooring material options include raised perforated metal, epoxy paint on concrete and vinyl composition tile.
Ceilings: Ceilings include aluminum or steel grids locked together with clips to support filtration systems, lighting fixtures, air handling units and venting.
Lighting: Lighting includes fluorescent panels, teardrops and strips at a very high foot cable (fc) level of one lumen per square foot.

Environmental Monitoring & Maintaining Compliance

IV rooms must remain compliant with USP 797 standards of quality control that include continuous testing of air quality, cleanliness and compounded preparations to ensure sterility and potency. USP 797 IV room guidelines govern the safety and efficacy of the sterile medication. These guidelines help minimize the risk of contamination and infection and protect the health of patients and healthcare workers.

To maintain compliance, facilities must conduct these steps for environmental monitoring:

Air sampling at least every 6 months to detect microbial contaminants.
Work surface and equipment sampling should be done at least monthly to identify microbial contamination.
Pressure differential monitoring to review and document the difference in air pressure between the cleanroom and surrounding area.

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When you choose Starrco for your modular IV room, you receive designs with high-quality wall systems, flooring, electricity and lighting that meet the required standards with air filtration systems that prevent contamination.

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