Alert,NIOSHidentifiedasamplelistofmajorhazardousdrugs.Thelistwascompiledfrominfor- mationprovidedbyfourinstitutionsthathavegeneratedlistsofhazardousdrugsfortheirrespec- tivefacilitiesandbythePharmaceuticalResearchandManufacturersofAmerica(PhRMA)from theAmericanHospitalFormularyServiceDrugInformation(AHFSDI)monographs[ASHP/...
In June 2012, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published the "NIOSH List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings 2012. The document builds on a NIOSH alert from 2004 that warned health care employers and workers of the risks of working...
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 list of antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in healthcare settings 2010 The area of new drug development is rapidly evolving as unique approaches are being taken to treat cancer and other serious diseases. This booklet presents the standard precautions to be taken when handling antineoplasti...
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...
NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is updating its list of hazardous pharmaceutical products. The new list will become part of the organization's 2004 alert, Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineopla...
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 ...
Sample listUpdateThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Alert:Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings was published in September 2004 (http://www.cdc.gov/ niosh/docs/2004-165/). In Appendix A of the Alert, ...
NIOSH list of antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in healthcare settings, 2016. By Connor TH, MacKenzie BA, DeBord DG, Trout DB, O'Callaghan JP. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Di- sease Control and Prevention, National Institute for ...
The alert contains five specific recommendations for employers and health care workers about the health risks posed by working with hazardous drugs. The Joint Commission has recommended that each organization conduct a risk assessment—also known as a gap analysis—to assess the applicability of the ...