Recommended guidelines for quality assurance in hospital centralized intravenous admixture services. National Coordinating Committee on Large Volume Parenterals.

Guidelines and methods for quality assurance for hospital centralized i.v. admixture services are presented. Objectives to be used to assure quality of i.v. admixture program are recommended and discussion of the guidelines is divided into (1) selection, education, and training of personnel; (2) in-process controls; (3) end-product testing; and (4) sampling guidelines. Cumulative sum procedures are recommended for sampling products prepared in an admixture service.