Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs: Identification of Job Categories Potentially Exposed throughout the Hospital Medication System

Objectives: Studies examining healthcare workers’ exposure to antineoplastic drugs have focused on the drug preparation or drug administration areas. However, such an approach has probably underestimated the overall exposure risk as the drugs need to be delivered to the facility, transported interna...

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Main Authors: Chun-Yip Hon, Kay Teschke, Prescillia Chua, Scott Venners, Lynne Nakashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-09-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791111230099