Compounding Quality Center of Excellence | Instructor-Led Trainings
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The FDA Compounding Quality Center of Excellence offers instructor-led training courses, in-person or virtually, to outsourcing facilities. Limited space also is available for pharmacy compounders and regulators.
The in-person trainings offer practical activities for learning. These multi-day training courses provide continuing education (CE) credits for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physicians and nurses. Early registration is recommended.
The fee is $499 per person, per course.
These trainings are recommended for:
- Operations, production and manufacturing personnel
- Quality personnel, including quality control and quality assurance
- Pharmacists
- Facility and engineering personnel
- Microbiologists
- Laboratory personnel
- Pharmacy technicians
- Management
- Senior leadership
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Course | Description | CE Credits | Dates | Location | Registration |
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Environmental MonitoringExternal Link Disclaimer | Learn how to develop an environmental monitoring program and various sample collection methods. | 15.25 hours | November 19-21, 2024 | Carlsbad, CA | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
May 14-16, 2025 | Raleigh, NC | ||||
Visual Inspection – NEWExternal Link Disclaimer | Learn the basic principles, processes, and systems related to visual inspection of compounded drugs, including manual and automated visual inspection, defect classification strategies, training/qualification and inspection processes and challenges. | 12 hours | December 12-13, 2024 | Durham, NC | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
May 12-13, 2025 | |||||
CleanroomExternal Link Disclaimer | Learn to conduct cleanroom performance tests, such as airflow velocity and uniformity, high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter leak testing and repairs and airflow visualization smoke studies. | 13.75 hours | January 14-16, 2025 | Bethesda, MD | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
July 22-24, 2025 | Raleigh, NC | ||||
Investigations and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)External Link Disclaimer | Learn science-based methodology, integrating problem-solving techniques from total quality management (TQM), Six Sigma, and Kaizen to identify the technical root causes, systemic root causes, corrective and/or preventive action and a control plan for preventing recurrence. | 16.50 hours | January 27-30, 2025 | Virtual | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
August 11-14, 2025 | |||||
Sterile Drug CompoundingExternal Link Disclaimer | Learn the basic principles, processes, and systems related to sterile drug production through integrated principles of aseptic processing, sterile filtration, cleanroom operations, facility cleaning and disinfection, aseptic process simulation (media fills) and environmental monitoring. | 15.25 hours | February 4-6, 2025 | Bethesda, MD | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
August 4-6, 2025 | Raleigh, NC | ||||
Data Integrity – NEWExternal Link Disclaimer | Learn key concepts to consider when designing processes that collect and utilize data and associated metadata to ensure data is complete, consistent, and accurate. | 12 hours | February 25-26, 2025 | Durham, NC | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
June 12-13, 2025 | |||||
Quality Management Systems (QMS)External Link Disclaimer | Learn the fundamentals of establishing an effective quality management system and building a culture of quality within a facility, including information on the comprehensive QMS approach to quality and the critical role of senior leadership. | 15 hours | February 27-28, 2025 | Durham, NC | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
June 10-11, 2025 | |||||
Process ValidationExternal Link Disclaimer | Learn general principles and approaches of process validation and the importance of ensuring control in the manufacturing process to produce consistent, quality drugs for patients. This course aligns process validation activities with a product lifecycle concept. | 15 hours | March 24-27, 2025 | Virtual | Register todayExternal Link Disclaimer |
July 14-17, 2025 |