SUMMARY
To meet the needs of patients for treatment of a number of diseases compounding preparations are often used. The aim of our study was to determine the possibility of introduction of the international experience of forming the quality assurance system for compounding preparations in conditions of compounding pharmacies of Ukraine. For this purpose the survey of employees of compounding pharmacies regarding organization of the quality assurance system for compounding preparations has been conducted. In the survey 93 employees of compounding pharmacies took part. The research was conducted in 12 regions of Ukraine in 2013-2014. The questionnaire contained 44 questions, which represented the statements of organization of the quality assurance system of compounding pharmacies of Ukraine and compounding preparations. The statements were divided into 10 groups: personnel and training, premises and equipment, documentation, production, complaints and product recalls, self audits, in-pharmacy quality control, work contracted out, the necessary requirements of the State Pharmacopoeia, overarching statements. For the collection and processing of data 4-point Likert scale was used. The statement was considered to be accepted if more than 50% of respondents chose “A – strongly agree” or “B – agree”. The survey of employees of compounding pharmacies concerning the possibility of introducing the international experience of the quality assurance system for compounding preparations has allowed to determine and estimate their attitude to the statements proposed, to identify the points of discussion. Processing of the results of the survey has shown that all 44 statements were approved by more than 71.0% of the respondents. Each statement received an average of 94.9% of “A” or “B”. And 22 statements (50.0%) had 100.0% agreement “A” + ”B”.