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- Title
Evidence Supports Strategies for Better Safe Handling Practice.
- Authors
Friese, Christopher
- Abstract
The author conveys his concerns on reports that hazardous drug exposure poses safety risks to providers who handle agents related to cancer treatments. Topics mentioned include peer factors that contribute to low personal protective equipment adherence, the importance of manager and leadership involvement in the safe handling issue, and the goal of the U.S. Pharmacopeia chapter <800> to protect nurses and other healthcare workers from hazardous drug exposure.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL exposure prevention; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; ONCOLOGY nursing; LEGAL compliance; DECISION making; HAZARDOUS substances; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; INDUSTRIAL safety; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL personnel; PERSONAL protective equipment; PROFESSIONS; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
- Publication
ONS Voice, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 9, p20
- ISSN
2475-6938
- Publication type
Article