Safety and Health Handbook for Cytotoxic Drugs

Samuel J. Murff

doi:10.5771/9781605907055

Summary

Many Healthcare workers must deal on a daily basis with the transportation, preparation, storage, clean up, and disposal of cytotoxic drugs, which are used in chemotherapy because of their harmful effect on cancer cells. These drugs also have harmful effects on good cells, and they therefore pose a significant health risk to those who work with them. Yet there is little safety and health information available about them, and what information is available is scattered across a vast array of literature. The Safety and Health Handbook for Cytotoxic Drugs collects this information so that healthcare workers can better understand the drugs they work with and the safety and health procedures that should be followed. In it, author Samuel J. Murff presents comprehensive technical and procedural information on 106 of the most common cytotoxic drugs. The book provides guidance on quickly dealing with spills, reducing unnecessary exposure, and complying with pertinent regulations and standards in order to better equip healthcare workers to maintain a safe work environment.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-1-60590-704-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-60590-705-5
Publisher: Government Institutes, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 358
Product type: Book Titles

1. CONTENTS No access
2. Disclaimer No access
3. Preface No access
1. Section 1. Introduction to the Safety and Health Handbook for Cytotoxic Drugs No access
1. Section 2.1. Comprehensive Cytotoxic Drug List No access
2. Section 2.2. Trademark Citations Sorted by Assigned Numbers No access
3. Section 2.3. Trademark Citations Sorted by Trademarks Alphabetically No access
1. Section 3.1. Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
2. Section 3.2. Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Number Index No access
3. Section 3.3. Introduction to Personal Protective Equipment No access
4. Section 3.4. Examples of Available Chemotherapy Gloves with Manufacturers’ Breakthrough Times No access
5. Section 3.5. Suppliers of Chemotherapy Protection and Safety Products (not a comprehensive list) No access
6. Section 3.6. Sample Job Hazard Analysis Form Example Based on OSHA No access
7. Section 3.7. List of PPE and Engineering Controls for Use with Cytotoxic Drug Hazard Task Risk Analysis/Signs No access
8. Section 3.8. Hazard Assessment Certification Form Example and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Form No access
9. Section 3.9. Rationale for Adopting the Environmental Sentinel Contamination Action Level (ESCAL) Concept No access
10. Section 3.10. USP Chapter 797 Safety and Health Implications No access
11. Section 3.11. Principal Engineering Controls No access
12. Section 3.12. Introduction to Applied Toxicology No access
13. Section 3.13. How to Read and Understand a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) No access
14. Section 3.14. Department of Defense HMIS Labeling Made Simple No access
15. Section 3.15. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 Hazard Diamond No access
16. Section 3.16. United States Consensus Occupational Exposure Level(s)/Limits for Cytotoxic Drugs No access
17. Section 3.17.1. Cytotoxic Drugs: International Consensus Occupational Exposure Limits/Occupational Exposure Standards Excluding the United States (Sorted by Country) No access
18. Section 3.17.2. Cytotoxic Drugs: International Consensus Occupational Exposure Limits/Occupational Exposure Standards Excluding the United States (Sorted by Drug Nomenclature) No access
19. Section 3.18.1. Summary of Internal Occupational Exposure Levels for Cytotoxic Drugs as Listed in Section 2.1 (Sorted by Drug Name) No access
20. Section 3.18.2. Summary of Internal Occupational Exposure Levels for Cytotoxic Drugs as Listed in Section 2.1 (Sorted by Manufacturer Name) No access
21. Section 3.19. Antineoplastic Drugs Health Effects Table No access
22. Section 3.20. Hazardous Drugs (Cytotoxic) Program Self-Assessment No access
23. Section 3.21. Cytotoxic Drugs Listed as Characteristic Hazardous Waste by EPA (United States) No access
24. Section 3.22. Summary of Cytotoxic Drugs Solubility and Insolubility in Water and/or Alcohol No access
25. Section 3.23. References No access
26. Section 3.24. List of Omitted Drugs No access
1. Section 4.1. General Index No access
2. Section 4.2. Index of Cytotoxic Drugs from Section 2.1 No access
3. Section 4.3. Index of CAS Number for Cytotoxic Drugs from Section 2.1 No access
4. Section 4.4. Index of Cytotoxic Drugs from Section 3.24 No access
About the Author No access Pages 357 - 358