PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO LIMIT EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES DURING HANDLING OF MEDICINES

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-073
• By: NG, Shiwai (Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association (KNMP), Netherlands)
• Co-author(s): Shiwai Ng: Laboratory of Dutch Pharmacists, Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association (KNMP), The Hague, Netherlands
  Madeleine Sirks: Laboratory of Dutch Pharmacists, Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association (KNMP), The Hague, Netherlands
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Pharmacy staff frequently have to handle medicines, hazardous and non-hazardous, prior to administration. The notorious cytostatics have always been the focus of attention with respect to occupational safety and health. Little is known about the occupational risk posed by handling of less extreme hazardous medicines.

  Methods

  Risk depends
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