Patent ID: 7343224

Claim:
A compounding control method for use with at least one pharmaceutical compounding device having an associated plurality of source solutions and a mixture receptacle to prepare a compounded mixture, the method comprising: a) scanning a bar code of said installed plurality of source solutions; b) scanning a bar code of respective ones of transfer tubing adapted to be coupled to said plurality of source solutions; c) comparing the scanned information of the installed plurality of source solutions and transfer tubing with an expected configuration; d) either permitting the operator to commence compounding if the comparison is valid or preventing the operator from compounding if the comparison is invalid; e) determining respective expiration dates of said plurality of source solutions; f) at least one of providing a warning and preventing use of any of said plurality of source solutions based on said determination step e); g) accepting mixture inputs for one or more of said plurality of source solutions; and h) urging at least a portion of at least one of said plurality of source solutions into said mixture receptacle based on said mixture inputs to form said compounded mixture.