Workplace Solutions: Medical Surveillance for Healthcare Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  McDiarmid, Melissa A. ; Polovich, Martha ; Power, Luci A. ; Connor, Thomas H. ; Weissman, David N.
• Description:
  This document has been superseded and the new version can be found here. Health care workers who handle, prepare, or administer hazardous drugs may face risks to their own health such as skin rashes, cancer, and reproductive disorders. NIOSH recommends that employers establish a medical surveillance program to protect workers who handle hazardous drugs in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  The principal authors of this document were Melissa McDiarmid, University of Maryland; Martha Polovich, Oncology Nursing Society; Luci Power, Power Enterprises; and Thomas H. Connor and David Weissman of NIOSH.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [4]).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Biopharmaceutics Delivery Of Health Care Hazardous Substances Health Care Sector Health Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health-care; Health-care-personnel; Drugs; Pharmaceuticals; Pharmacy-workers; Nurses; Physicians; Surveillance-programs; Medical-personnel; Medicinal-chemicals; Medical-care
• Source:
  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. 2007-117, 2007 Apr; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031867
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-108743
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Exposure Assessment Methods
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12110/cdc_12110_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.93 MB ]