Evaluation of Hazardous Drug CleanTM (HDCleanTM), a two-step towelette system, in removing surface contamination of hazardous drugs

• In: Posters
• At: Dublin (Ireland) (2013)
• Type: Poster
• By: ECKEL, Stephen (UNC Hospitals, Department of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, United States of America)
• Co-author(s): McAdoo, William F. (University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, United States of America)
  Sherwood, Candice A. (University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, United States of America)
  O’Neal, Sara K. (University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, United States of America)
  Zamboni, William C. (University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, United States of America)
  
• Abstract:

  
  Background
  : Healthcare workers who are exposed to hazardous drugs as part of their work practice should take precaution to eliminate or reduce exposure. ChemoGLO^TM wipe studies conducted in the United States show that 80-90% of hospital and pharmacy sites evaluated for hazardous drug surface residue have at least one area of detectable hazardous
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