Potent Pharmaceutical Compound Safety Services

Contact: Todd Allshouse

Handling biologically hazardous (potent) pharmaceutical compounds presents unique exposure risks to employees, manufacturing facilities, and the environment. The safe handling of pharmaceutical compounds requires specialized methods for hazard assessment, exposure evaluation, and exposure control. CMI’s team of Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs) and Certified Safety Professionals (CSP) provide comprehensive consulting services to support safe handling of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) during pharmaceutical Research and Development (R&D) and manufacturing activities.

Our clients benefit from the following services:

• Containment equipment performance verification and surrogate testing
• Industrial hygiene sampling and method development for APIs
• Hazard assessment, occupational exposure limit (OEL) development and banding
• Control matrices and exposure control methodologies
• Occupational toxicology
• Material safety data sheet (MSDS) development for new formulations
• Pharmaceutical process hazard reviews and GAP assessments
• Potent compound training
• Occupational medicine and medical surveillance programs

EHS Services for the Pharmaceutical Industry:

CMI provides other supporting services to the pharmaceutical industry, including:

• Multi-media compliance, including air, hazardous waste, and wastewater
• Energy audits and energy conservation
• Disaster and business contingency planning
• DOT/IATA compliance and training
• Data management and EH&S software solutions