As Confirmed Cases Rise, Home Health Industry Turns Its Attention to Coronavirus - Home Health Care News

• California Exemptee Training - for home medical device retailers (HMDR)

Updated October 15, 2025

One of the original links broke (re: checklist).

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"Perhaps most immediately, home health providers may face a shortage of supplies. To avoid that, providers should start checking with their vendors about the continued flow of masks, medication and other key items.

Besides reinforcing their supply line, providers should also review their current emergency response plans and personnel policies, updating both for possible coronavirus outbreaks in their markets.   ...

NAHC released a comprehensive coronavirus checklist on Wednesday. The list — produced with expert advice from Barbara Citarella of RBC Limited Healthcare & Management Consultants — includes several other actions providers should be taking right now."

Read the full source article:  As Confirmed Cases Rise, Home Health Industry Turns Its Attention to Coronavirus - Home Health Care News

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California Exemptee Training - for home medical device retailers (HMDR). State approved by the CDPH. $525 per student. Earns a course completion certificate suitable for your Exemptee license application.

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

RE: DSCSA - Rx For Concern: Why I’m Getting Worried About Our Drug Dispensers - LSPediA

• California Designated Representative Training Course For Drug/Device Wholesalers (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy)

Read the full article:  Rx For Concern: Why I’m Getting Worried About Our Drug Dispensers - LSPediA

Wholesalers, distributors, and dispensers need to be paying attention to DSCSA rules.

"To help cope with the challenge, LSPediA created our own Dispensers DSCSA Checklist, which outlines the current and future compliance rules dispensers face. This simple web form takes just 30 seconds to complete: Do you know what a 2D barcode matrix is? Are you able to send electronic purchase verifications? Do you think a “serialized product” is something in the breakfast aisle at the grocery store? The results will show dispensers just where they stand and what they need to do to comply. 

What can we all do? If you’re a dispenser, check with your distributors to find out what they’re doing to meet DSCSA regulations, what that means for you, and how they expect you to interact with their solutions. If you’re a distributor, it’s time to start having this conversation with every dispensary in your network – so feel free to share our checklist and readiness test with them. 

LSPediA also publishes this handy Guide To DSCSA Compliance For Dispensers for you to download."

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California Designated Representative Training Course For Drug/Device Wholesalers (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy)

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training - New!
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

ASHP's Sterile Compounding Checklist

Updated December 6, 2025

You might also be interested in:

• ASHP STERILE COMPOUNDING COMPETENCY LIBRARY
• Compounding Quality Center of Excellence On-demand Training - FDA.gov

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Updated September 2, 2019

The link in the original post below is broken.  You might also be interested in:

• ASHP - Sterile Compounding Resource Center
• ASHP Guidelines on Outsourcing Sterile Compounding Services (2015 PDF)

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) just published this document:
     Eight Critical Steps Related to Sterile Compounding Services - Member Action Check List

In the checklist, ASHP says:

"ASHP strongly encourages you to review this list, even if your pharmacy department does not have a contract with an external compounding facility. This is important because off-site clinics or affiliated entities within your health system may have developed independent contracts that the pharmacy department was not involved in securing."

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The largest selection of Board-approved California Designated Representative training programs. 3 distinct courses for wholesalers, 3PL, reversed distributors. Earns a Board-accepted training affidavit.

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

For HME Users - Booklet To Prepare For Power Outages

Updated July 26, 2026

Check out this useful booklet (PDF) from the FDA and CDRH:  Home Use Devices: How to Prepare for and Handle Power Outages for Medical Devices that Require Electricity, 

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute