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With nearly six million health care workers handling hazardous drugs every year, and reports of contamination in the workplace rising since the early 1990s, the need for nurses to focus on safe handling education has become even more paramount. Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs, now available in a new, third edition, offers the guidelines and techniques nurses need to safely handle these materials. Updated with new tables, figures, and format which allows for a more thorough discussion of the content, Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs helps to translate the recommended procedures into safe practice for nurses who administer hazardous drugs in the care of patients. The book features important information on drug administration and preparation, risks of occupational exposure, disposal of hazardous materials, management of spills, safety measures, and staff education and training.
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.