Implementing United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <1163> quality assurance in pharmaceutical compounding, Part 5: Outsourcing and responsible personnel.

This final installment of a five-part series relating to United States Pharmacopeia Chapter <1163> provides the pros and cons of outsourcing, an extremely important topic because of the many drug shortages and discontinued drugs being experienced, and provides a brief discussion of the importance of having a responsible employee in charge of the quality-assurance program.