Gap Analysis Helps Organizations Integrate Three Key Documents—In September 2004, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published an alert entitled "Preventing Occupational Exposures
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In this study we aim to review the presence in the environment of the hazardous drugs (NIOSH group 1) and their possible environmental impact. Of the 90 drugs considered, there is evidence of presence in the environment for 19. Drugs with more studies reporting positive detections are: the ...
NIOSH alerts healthcare professionals to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in healthcare settingsFrom the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Healthdoi:http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/node/114886Drug Topics staffAdvanstar Communications Inc...
The letter refers to a hazardous drugs alert and guidelines from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that describe the adverse health effects suffered by health care workers due to even low-level exposures to powerful drugs used for cancer chemotherapy, antiviral ...
The article offers information on a new document presented by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the U.S. that addresses medical surveillance for workers of pharmaceutical industry who are exposed to hazardous drugs.EBSCO_AspSafety & Health...
Preventing Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Engineering-Control Recommendations in the NIOSH AlertDuane Hammond, a mechan- ical engineer for NIOSH in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been conducting occupational health research at NIOSH for three years, focusing on evaluating the effectiveness of engineering controls ...
NIOSH updates hazardous drugsNo abstract available.Hospital Employee Health
Based on growing evidence of contamination of healthcare settings with hazardous drugs and reports of worker exposure to these drugs, NIOSH convened a Working Group on Hazardous Drugs in 2000. Since that time, NIOSH has been actively involved in several endeavors aimed at reducing healthcare ...
The company announced that the new product will be available to wholesalers during the last quarter of this year.Traynor,K.Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary UnitAmerican journal of health-system pharmacy: AJHP