Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs
Extended stability and compatibility data for injectables
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© 2026, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc.
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Pharmacy/Pharmacology
Additional Details
Get the support you need to safely extend dating of parenteral drugs beyond the usual 24-hour limit—minimizing waste, lowering medication costs, and enabling optimal patient administration schedules at alternate infusion sites. Features the inclusion of monographs expanded beyond home infusion to be inclusive of all clinical settings where parenteral drugs are stored or compounded.
Extended Stability for Parenteral Drugs, covers all aspects of determining stability, including the changing elastomeric landscape and the ongoing variability in stability data.
Core Benefits
- Reduces Waste: Minimizes discarded medication by safely validating longer use times.
- Lowers Costs: Decreases overall drug expenditures for facilities and patients.
- Improves Schedules: Enables better patient administration timelines, particularly in outpatient and alternate-site settings.
What's the Included
- Expanded Settings: Includes monographs for all clinical environments where drugs are stored or compounded, moving beyond just home infusion.
- Stability Factors: Addresses changes in container materials (elastomeric landscape) and variations in physical or chemical stability data.
- Specialized Data: Features updated guidance on oncology, specialty, parenteral nutrition, and COVID-19 medications.
The book will be helpful to pharmacists working in any facility where parenteral drugs are stored and compounded. It is primarily intended as a reference guide for pharmacists involved in storing and compounding sterile preparations. Similar to the previous editions, this seventh edition will be well utilized by pharmacists involved in sterile compounding.
Doody's Review
Score: 82/100
Stars: 3
"This book provides useful data for pharmacists involved in compounding sterile preparations. There are not many comparable texts available on the market."
-- Rahmat Talukder, PhD, RPh (The University of Texas at Tyler) Doody's Review
"This book is very useful for those who work in home infusion practices or any pharmacy venue where stability data needs to be extended. This is considered to be the foundation book for extended stability. Handbook on Injectable Drugs is much more targeted for hospital practice. This book serves as a nice supplement and addition to other books in any sterile products pharmacy's library. This book needs to be updated periodically, so this sixth edition is welcomed."
-- Lawrence Carey, BS, PharmD (Temple University School of Pharmacy) Doody's Review - previous edition
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