Workplace Solutions: Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs

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• Alternative Title:
  Workplace Solutions: Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs [English]
• Personal Author:
  Connor, Thomas H. ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Polovich, Martha ; McDiarmid, Melissa A. ; Leone, Melissa M. ; Power, Luci A. ; Whalen, John J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Health care workers who handle hazardous drugs are at risk of skin rashes, cancer, and reproductive disorders. NIOSH recommends that employers provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect workers who handle hazardous drugs in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Eye Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Pharmaceutical Preparations Protective Clothing Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Safety Management Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Control-technology Engineering-controls Eye-protection Eye-protective-equipment Eye-shields Gloves Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-clothing Protective-equipment Respirators Respiratory-protective-equipment

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034646
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-100864
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-106, 2008 Oct; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1205cfb44710d01fbd8caef0e0e80fc7b30fd666cd54bad7ee3318364c8c2ba6815bcc36f01cfb6b84b613520bf3f013976ee485fe822bf8fbfe9ed44f7b53c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5762/cdc_5762_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 226.59 KB ]