In the last decades, the number of patients receiving chemotherapy has considerably
increased. Given the toxicity of cytotoxic agents to humans (not only for patients but also for …

The toxicity of antineoplastic drugs has been well known since they were introduced in the
1940s. Because most antineoplastic drugs are nonselective in their mechanism of action …

Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice, Eighth Edition continues as the gold standard in
oncology nursing. With contributions from the foremost experts in the field, it has remained …

Purpose Significant advances in the awareness of safe handling of HDs have been made
since the previous version of these guidelines was published in 2006. NIOSH has created a …

Objective: This study evaluated health care worker exposure to antineoplastic drugs.
Methods: A cross-sectional study examined environmental samples from pharmacy and …

Purpose. Surface contamination with the antineoplastic drugs cyclophosphamide,
ifosfamide, and 5-fluorouracil was compared in 22 US hospital pharmacies following …

Hospitals have many unique hazards that can potentially affect the health of employees.
These hazards include biological and chemical hazards, ergonomic hazards, hazardous …

Objectives: Antineoplastic drugs are widely used in anticancer therapy due to their cytotoxic
activity but many of them are classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic to …

A large-scale study was carried out in order to determine the contamination level of
antineoplastic drugs in pharmacies and to investigate the suitability and effects of wipe …

Purpose In a follow-up to a previous study, surface contamination with the antineoplastic
drug cyclophosphamide was compared in 30 US hospital pharmacies from 2004 to 2010 …