Pharmacy Products

BD Products for Sterile and Non-Sterile Locations

BD Product	Environment		Product Feature	USP 797 Sterile Compounding Guideline or SOP #
BD Product	Non- sterile	Sterile	Product Feature	USP 797 Sterile Compounding Guideline or SOP #
BD™ Filter Needles	a	X	Cannular side port allows fluid to be poured on the side wall of the container, reducing foaming and spraying of powdered medication during reconstitution.	All CSPs that are intended to be solutions shall be visually examined for the presence of particulate matter, and not administered or dispensed when such matter is observed (page 38) a
BD Nokor™ Needles	a	X	Five micron filter membrane reduces larger glass particles when aspirating, reconstituting and transferring fluids, or withdrawing medications from glass reservoirs.
BD™ Blunt Fill and BD™ Blunt Filter Needles	a	X	Filter needle provides essential filtering during aseptic compounding.	aa
BD™ Sterile Syringe Convenience Tray	a	X	Stopper at the bottom of the tray minimizes touch contamination.	All procedures are performed in a manner designed to minimize the risk of touch contamination (page 35, SOP #20)
BD™ Tip Cap Tray	a	X	Package is designed to minimize touch contamination.
BD Luer-Lok™ 1 mL Syringe	a	X	Luer-Lok hub provides a secure connection to needles or IV ports during compounding. Readily visible fluid level helps with dose measurement.	During preparation, aseptic technique is followed, and if not immediately administered, the finished CSP is under continuous supervision to miniize the potential for contact with non-sterile surfaces, induction of biological flids or mix up with other CSPs (page 13, SOP #3)
BD PosiFlush™ Pre-Filled Syringes	a	X	Preservative-free syringe with sterile contents and fluid pathway.	aa
BD™ Dispensing Pins	X	X	Designed to facilitate medication transfer between reservoirs without a needle.	aa
BD Cornwall™ Disposable Syringe System	X	X	Allows fluid transfer to a wide variety of reservoirs including vials, syringes and oral medication containers.	aa
BD™ Sharps Collectors	X	X	Allow disposal of used syringes with minimum exit and reentry into the direct compounding area, reducing the risk of aseptic workspace contamination.	After procedures are completed, used syringes, bottles, vials and other supplies are removed, but with a minimum of exit and entry in the DCA so as to minimize the risk of reintroducing contamination into the aseptic workspace (page 35, SOP #12)
BD Tamper-Tuf™ Medication Containers	X	a	Tamper-Tuf™ containers provide convenient filling with a large filling port, snap to and volume markings.	USP Chapter 797 applies only to sterile compounding.
BD™ Oral Syringe System	X	a	Both clear and amber syringes feature mL and teaspoon scales to help with dosage accuracy. The amber syringese meet USP requirements for photo-sensitive medications.	USP Chapter 797 applies only to sterile compounding.