Are gloves and gowns safe for handling chemotherapy

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• Personal Author:
  Connor, Thomas H. ; Massoomi F ; Polovich M ; Power LA
• Description:
  Pharmacists, nurses, and other health care personnel who handle antineoplastic (chemotherapy) drugs require appropriately tested gloves that protect them from dermal exposure, but there is confusion about which gloves provide adequate protection. The American society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) currently has two standards for testing the permeation of glove materials by chemicals: ASTM F739-99a (F739), which is the Standard Test Method for Resistance of Protective Clothing Materials to Permeation by Liquids or Gases Under Conditions of continuous Contact, and ASTM D6978-05 (D6978), which is the Standard Practice for Assessment of Resistance of Medical Gloves to Permeation by Chemotherapy Drugs. Because of the highly toxic nature of chemotherapy agents, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the American Society of Heath-system Pharmacists (ASHP), the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), and the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) state that health care workers who handle antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs (HDs) should wear gloves that have been tested for permeation by the more robust D6978 standard rather than the standard used for other chemicals-F739. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Antineoplastic Agents Chemistry Health Personnel Neoplasms Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Pharmacies Protective Clothing Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Antineoplastic-agents Chemical-composition Chemical-properties Chemotherapy Exposure-levels Gloves Health-care-personnel Medical-personnel Nurses Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Pharmacists Protective-clothing Skin-exposure

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• ISSN:
  1549-635X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Georgia ; Nebraska ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045728
• Citation:
  Pharm Purch Prod 2015 Jan; 12(1):2,4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pharmacy Purchasing & Products
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201032/cdc_201032_DS1.pdf
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