Hazardous drugs: the silent stalker of healthcare workers

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• Personal Author:
  Connor, Thomas H. ; Lucas M
• Description:
  NIOSH estimates that approximately 8 million healthcare workers may be exposed to hazardous drugs (HDs). Healthcare workers might not be aware that they may be harming their health when they handle HDs, which are known to cause serious side effects in patients and are capable of causing cancer, organ toxicity, fertility problems, genetic damage, and birth defects in healthcare workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biopharmaceutics Carcinogens Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Teratogenesis Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System
• Keywords:
  Drugs Fertility Genotoxic-effects Health-care-personnel Pharmaceuticals Reproductive-hazards Teratogens
• ISSN:
  1066-7660
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  22-26
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045519
• Citation:
  Synergist 2015 Jan; 26(1):22-26
• Email:
  tmc6@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Synergist
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b3b1ad62b272edb0302d6e8705af96b9b7bdfaf4d1208cdaa7f64f5fbc31fc14ae441677bf7a43e4c75021be586ebe81c61571dc1110c29e682f9803b36ded8f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200913/cdc_200913_DS1.pdf
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