| Document ID (ISN) | 56315 |
| CIS number |
91-1208 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
McDiarmid M.A., Gurley H.T., Arrington D. |
| Title |
Pharmaceuticals as hospital hazards: managing the risks |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 1991, Vol.33, No.2, p.155-158. 18 ref. |
| Abstract |
The recognition of pharmaceuticals as biologically active harmful substances is a recent occurrence. Focusing primarily on the hazard potential of antineoplastic drugs, many hospitals have adopted the safe handling guidelines proposed by OSHA. More recently, occupational health professionals are acknowledging that other drugs also are potentially hazardous to hospital workers and therefore require review. The approach used by one univeristy hospital to identify other potentially hazardous drugs and to develop handling procedures for them involved assembling a multidisciplinary committee to perform drug reviews, prioritise agents for evaluation, define criteria for a "hazardous drug" determination, specify handling procedures for "hazardous drugs", and require detailed toxicological data from hospital studies on investigational drugs. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
pharmaceutical products; chemical hazards; hazard evaluation; USA |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
toxicity evaluation; carcinogens |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation
|
