Iowa and New Jersey
Inspection Programs
Nearing Completion
The Iowa Board of
Pharmacy partnered with
member boards and NABP
to conduct inspections of
all its nonresident pharmacies
including those
dispensing compounded
drugs to the state following
the 2012 multistate fungal
meningitis outbreak linked
to contaminated injectable
drugs compounded by the
New England Compounding
Center. NABP surveyors
began conducting pharmacy
inspections on behalf of
the Iowa Board of Pharmacy
in December 2012,
and inspections have been
completed at an average rate
of 15 to 20 inspections per
week. To date, more than
500 nonresident pharmacies
that dispense drugs to
patients in Iowa have been
inspected. The program is
projected to be completed
by mid-December 2013.
Similarly, the state
of New Jersey requested
NABP’s assistance in conducting
inspections of pharmacies
engaged in compounding
within the state.
NABP is assisting the New
Jersey Division of Consumer
Affairs (Division) with
planned inspections, under
a contract with the Division
and state’s Attorney General
Jeffrey S. Chiesa. Surveyors
began inspections in July
2013 and are expected to
complete them in the spring
of 2014.
In addition to supporting
these state efforts to expand
inspections, the programs
provided opportunities
for collaboration among
member boards and NABP.
NABP surveyors and board
inspectors developed strong
working relationships that
enabled them to learn from
shared experiences of conducting
inspections.
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