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Quality Assurance Program

Akina Animal Health Strives for perfection in all processes and operations.

Our Quality Assurance Program is routinely reviewed and improved to ensure that you are always receiving the best possible service and highest quality pharmaceutical compounds that our industry has to offer.

We have also implemented a Customer Response Process to formally examine, review, and address any concerns you may have. Our dedicated quality assurance team will conduct a thorough investigation and action plan for any concern that is submitted in the case that you are ever unsatisfied with our level of service or with your medication order. 

For more information on our commitment to quality, please review the following frequently asked questions and answers.

Here is to peace of mind for all veterinarians, pet parents, and pets!

Yes. Akina Animal Health has successfully passed the demanding national accreditation process of the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board (PCAB) administered by ACHC for sterile and non-sterile compounding. All pharmacies are licensed to compound medications, however PCAB-certified pharmacies have gone above and beyond to demonstrate a devout dedication to quality assurance, quality control, quality improvement.

A comprehensive evaluation of the entire pharmacy and personnel by an authorized ACHC agent reviews and validates some of the following:

  • Compliance with USP <797> guidelines for sterile compounding and with USP <795> for non-sterile compounding
  • Assessment of pharmacy’s procedures for properly training all staff and maintaining staff competency through routine training and testing
  • Only pharmaceutical grade ingredients sourced from FDA registered facilities are used in preparing all compounds
  • Independent lab testing is conducted on a regular basis to test for potency and appropriate beyond use dating
  • Independent lab testing is conducted to test the sterility of all sterile preparations
  • All equipment is routinely calibrated and tested by a third party agency
  • Viable air sampling is conducted biannually by a qualified operator
  • Surface sampling and air quality for compounding area, ante room, and clean room checked biannually by a qualified operator

Yes. Akina Animal Health employs a dedicated Quality Assurance Program Director who has a support staff to ensure internal auditing. The team is also responsible for proactively initiating improvements to all of our quality assurance policies and procedures.

Yes. Every single team member is certified as a pharmacy compounding technician and is extensively trained internally and externally on non-sterile compounding techniques and nationally accepted aseptic compounding techniques. All compounding technicians are mandated to pass initial training and testing and also biannual testing to maintain competency. Training and testing is documented for every single Akina Animal Health team member.

Akina Animal Health has contracted a third-party analytical lab to conduct sterility, endotoxin, and potency testing on compounded medications in accordance with USP <71> Sterility Test and USP <85> Bacterial Endotoxin. 

Akina Animal Health far exceeds the guidelines of USP <797> And USP <795> in an effort to exceed the expectations of patients and providers. We also have systems, procedures and processes in place, such as:

  • ADR reporting system with an ability to analyze trends and implement a corrective action plan if necessary
  • Formal Drug Recall System
  • Biannual reviews of Standard Operating Procedures
  • Certificate of Analysis is obtained for every chemical received by the pharmacy
  • Mandatory continuing education for all team members on the latest compounding trends and procedures
  • Formal Customer Incident Management systems consisting of a formal investigation of the incident and a corrective/preventative action plan