Effectiveness of a Closed-System Transfer Device in Reducing Surface Contamination in a New Antineoplastic Drug-Compounding Unit: A Prospective, Controlled, Parallel Study.

The objective of this randomized, prospective and controlled study was to investigate the ability of a closed-system transfer device (CSTD; BD-Phaseal) to reduce the occupational exposure of two isolators to 10 cytotoxic drugs and compare to standard compounding devices.The 6-month study started wit...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Simon, Michèle Vasseur, Marine Pinturaud, Marion Soichot, Camille Richeval, Luc Humbert, Michèle Lebecque, Ousseini Sidikou, Christine Barthelemy, Pascal Bonnabry, Delphine Allorge, Bertrand Décaudin, Pascal Odou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4938267?pdf=render