Interactions of the parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) and the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), on greenbug-resistant 'Cargill 607E' (antibiosis), 'Cargill 797' (primarily tolerance), and -susceptible 'Golden Harvest 510B' sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, were tested using three levels of biotype I greenbug infestation. The parasitoid infestation rate was 0.5 female and 1...

The compounding of “sterile” products has made headlines in the news in the United States over the last several years, due the lack of sterile conditions in a compounding pharmacy causing an outbreak of fungal meningitis [1]. Although USP Chapter <797> was released in 2008 and outlines in detail procedures needed to keep pharmacies sterile, these lapses in sterility still occurred [2]. However,...

PURPOSE Guidelines for adopting and successfully implementing the requirements of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) chapter 797 for compounding sterile preparations are presented. SUMMARY The quality of a compounded sterile preparation (CSP) is directly related to the methods used to ensure that the CSP achieves the desired goal of purity, potency, and sterility. A properly designed, const...

The standards set forth by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapter 797 have now been in effect since January 1 or 2004. As the first practice standards of sterile pharmacy compounding in US history, they have "attracted both respect and criticism" because they have also been cited as a practice expectation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. USP 797 expand...

David W. Newton, BS, PhD, FAPhA Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy Shenandoah University Winchester, Virginia Lawrence A. Trissel, BS, RPh, FASHP M.D. Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas Houston, Texas Editor’s Note In January 2004, Chapter <797> in the United States Pharmacopeia 27 became the first practice standards for sterile pharmacy compounding in US history that may be enforce...

UNLABELLED According to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter <797> (USP <797>), "Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparations," the compounding facility must be physically designed and environmentally controlled to minimize airborne contamination from contacting critical sites. The goal of the project was to evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of our approaches in ...

The 1.2-kb DNA fragment of the Rickettsia conorii outer membrane protein B gene (OmpB(451-846)) was subcloned using site-specific PCR primers and expressed as six smaller fragments: OmpB(458-652), OmpB(595-744), OmpB(595-654), OmpB(645-692), OmpB(689-744), and OmpB(739-848). NCTC cells transfected with a mammalian expression vector expressing the fragments OmpB(689-744) and OmpB(739-848) stimul...