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ID (ISN) del documento56315
Número CIS 91-1208
ISSN - Título de la serie 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Año 1991
Número de serie
Autor(es) McDiarmid M.A., Gurley H.T., Arrington D.
Título Pharmaceuticals as hospital hazards: managing the risks
Información bibliográfica Feb. 1991, Vol.33, No.2, p.155-158. 18 ref.
Resumen 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.
Descriptores (primarios) productos farmacéuticos; riesgos químicos; valoración del riesgo; Estados Unidos
Descriptores (secundarios) valoración de la toxicidad; substancias cancerígenas
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaEstados Unidos
Tema(s) Sustancias tóxicas y peligrosas
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos químicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Risk evaluation