Sterile Products Collaborative
The Pharmacy Enterprise Sterile Products Collaborative is responsible for maintaining compliance in both USP 797 and USP 800 federal regulations which govern compounding of all sterile products.
Membership
Chair: Sterile Products Supervisor, RWJ University Hospital at Somerset
Members: Vice President of Qualitas Pharmacy Services, Director of Pharmacy Qualitas
Pharmacy Services and RWJ University Hospital at Hamilton, IV Technician
Supervisor Qualitas Pharmacy Services, and Sterile Products / IV Room
Supervisors from the Acute Care Service Line, Director of Oncology Pharmacy
Services and Research Pharmacy Shared Resource Rutgers Cancer Institute
of New Jersey
Duties and Responsibilities
- Renovating all clean rooms and areas where sterile compounding takes place in each facility to meet new USP 797 and 800 regulations
- Standardizing the maintenance of clean rooms, including the equipment and cleaning products used
- Standardizing the competency of employees that will work in the compounding of sterile products
- Standardization of policies for compounding, cleaning, and maintenance of the clean rooms or areas
- Guide decisions on what products to centralize the compounding at Qualitas Pharmacy Services
Sterile Products Collaborative Membership
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Matthew Levanda, MBA, RPh, BCSCP
Sterile Products Supervisor, RWJ University Hospital at Somerset Chair of Sterile Products Collaborative
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Olubunmi Afolabi, PharmD, BCSCP
Sterile Products Supervisor, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
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David Appel, PharmD
Pharmacy Operations Manager, RWJ University Hospital at Hamilton
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Tiffany Cheng, PharmD, BCSCP
Sterile Products Supervisor, Jersey City Medical Center
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Doug DeStefano, PharmD
Corporate Assistant Vice President of Pharmacy Operations
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Anne Ficalora, PharmD, BCSCP
Sterile Products Supervisor, Community Medical Center
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Nakia Kandas, R.Ph, BCSCP
IV Supervisor, Qualitas Pharmacy Services
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Michael P. Kane, RPh, BCOP
Executive Director, Oncology Pharmacy Services, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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Anita McNeill, RPh, BCSCP
Director of Pharmacy, Qualitas Pharmacy Services
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Marcel Redhead, PharmD
Sterile Products Supervisor, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
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Suzanne Sesta, RPh, BCSCP
Vice President of Qualitas Pharmacy Services
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Simran Singh, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Operations Supervisor, Clara Maass Medical Center
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Randolph Sturgill, PharmD
Chief Oncology Pharmacist, Pharmacist In Charge, Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Melissa Thornhill, CPhT
Sterile Products Supervisor, RWJ University Hospital at New Brunswick
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Kathleen Tondo, PharmD
IV Supervisor, Monmouth Medical Center