Theareaofnewdrugdevelopmentisrapidly evolvingasuniqueapproachesarebeingtaken totreatcancerandotherseriousdiseases. ASHPDefinitionofHazardous Drugs DefiningHazardousDrugs TheASHPdefineshazardousdrugsintheir Hazardousdrugsincludethoseusedforcan-1990revisionofTechnicalAssistanceBulletinon ...
The article reports on the effort of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to distribute a document for veterinary health care outlining risks and recommendations for handling hazardous drugs in the U.S.EBSCO_AspSafety & Health...
System Pharmacists (ASHP); NIOSH revision of the ASHP definition; determining whether a drug is hazardous; how to generate your own list of hazardous drugs; where to find information related to drug toxicity; examples of hazardous drugs; sample list of drugs that should be considered hazardous....
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 new update will become part of NIOSH's program called Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings. According to NIOSH research biologist Thomas Connor, the new list will include about 100 new drug candidates for the list, most of which ...
The NIOSH definitions are as follows: nClosed system drug-transfer device (CSTD): a drug transfer device that mechanically prohibits the transfer of environmental contaminants into the system and the escape of hazardous drug or vapor concentrations outside the system. nnClosed system: a device that...
NIOSH Publishes Guidelines to Protect Health Care Workers from Hazardous Drug ExposuresIf you would like to benotified by email wheneach new issue of JHHbecomes available, register at www.3M.com/jhhScott ShinnC.I.H