| Document ID (ISN) | 62985 |
| CIS number |
94-1663 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1047-322X - Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Connor T.H. |
| Title |
An evaluation of the permeability of disposable polypropylene-based protective gowns to a battery of cancer chemotherapy drugs |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1993, Vol.8, No.9, p.785-789. Illus. 19 ref. |
| Abstract |
This article reports on the testing of several different polypropylene-based protective gown materials for permeability against a battery of four cancer chemotherapy drugs (carmustine, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin). Of the eight types of gowns tested, two were completely resistant to the four drugs at all time periods. One other gown sample showed immediate breakthrough in one case, but was otherwise impermeable at all times. Two gowns were permeable to all four drugs. The remaining three gown materials demonstrated some permeability, mostly minimal, for two of the four drugs. As seen in other studies, carmustine was the most permeable of the drugs tested. The results indicate that certain modifications to the polypropylene gown material can produce a gown that offers significant protection to the handler of chemotherapy drugs. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
protective clothing; antineoplastic drugs; permeability testing; cyclophosphamide; chemotherapy; polypropylene |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cytostatic drugs; carmustine; health care personnel; nursing personnel; cisplatin |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Personal protection
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Protective clothing
Heterocyclic compounds
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