Guidelines for the safe handling of hazardous drugs: Consensus recommendations

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 67, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1545-1546

  Chaffee, Bruce W ^a,b   Armitstead, John A ^c   Benjamin, Bona E ^d   Cotugno, Michael C ^e   Forrey, Ryan A ^f   Hintzen, Barbara L ^g   Pfeiffenberger, Trista ^h   Stevenson, James G ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH SYSTEM PHARMACISTS   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h AccessCare   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENICITY; CONSENSUS; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MECHANISM; EMPLOYEE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SIZE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHARMACIST; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TERATOGENICITY; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

DRUG;

CONSENSUS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952114131     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp100138     Document Type: Short Survey

References (3)

1. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. ASHP guidelines on handling hazardous drugs. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2006; 63:1172-93.
2. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Preventing occupational exposure to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in health care settings. NIOSH publication no. 2004-165. www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-165 (accessed 2009 Mar 12).
3. U.S. Department of Labor. OSHA technical manual, section VI, chapter 2: controlling occupational exposure to hazardous drugs. www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/ otm-vi/otm-vi-2.html (accessed 2009 Sep 21).