Background Occupational exposure to hazardous drugs can decrease fertility and result in
miscarriages, stillbirths, and cancers in healthcare staff. Several recommended practices …

Although considerable efforts have been made over the last 40 years, occupational
exposure to antineoplastic drugs is still a daily concern, since eradicating such …

Purpose The surface contamination levels of 5 commonly used hazardous drugs in hospital
pharmacies are summarized, identifying practice patterns associated with contamination …

Abstract Objective Antineoplastic drugs (ADs) pose risks to healthcare staff. Surface
disinfectants are used in hospitals to prevent microbial contamination but the efficiency of …

Background Several studies have compared cleaning procedures for decontaminating
surfaces exposed to antineoplastic drugs. All of the cleaning products tested were …

The automated aseptic preparation of ready-to-administer antineoplastic drug solutions with
robotic systems reduces the risk of occupational exposure. However, the surfaces in the …

Purpose The main objective was to determine the efficacy of various types of cleaning
equipment and products after deliberate contamination with cyclophosphamide. The …

Objectives Over the past 40 years, numerous actions have been undertaken to decrease the
contamination of hospital facilities by intravenous conventional antineoplastic drugs (ICADs) …

Purpose The goal of this study was to create a cleaning procedure by comparing the
performance of six different cleaning methods on the surfaces in pharmacy intravenous …

Assuring healthcare workers security on Hazardous Drugs (HD) compounding is critical in
healthcare settings. Our study aims to demonstrate that the use of a Close System drug …