A compounding control method to prepare a compounded mixture for use with atleast one pharmaceutical compounding device having an associated plurality ofsource solutions and a mixture receptacle. The method comprises determiningwhether the plurality of source solutions conform to a predeterminedconfiguration providing an alert to an operator and preventing compounding ifthe source solutions are not as expected determining respective expirationdates of the source solutions warning/preventing use of any of the sourcesolutions if any have the source solutions have expired accepting mixtureinputs for the source solutions and urging at least a portion of at least oneof the source solutions into the mixture receptacle based on the mixtureinputs to form the compounded mixture.
