NIOSH Hazardous Drug Exposures in Healthcare Program [2016]

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  What are our priorities? The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Hazardous Drug Exposures in Healthcare Program works with partners in government, industry, labor, trade associations, professional organizations, and academia. The program focuses on reducing occupational exposures to hazardous drugs in healthcare workers. What do we do? 1. Identify newly approved drugs that may pose an occupational hazard with support from an expert panel and public and stakeholder input. 2. Update the "NIOSH List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings" every two years. 3. Develop guidelines, education tools, and other resources that can be utilized to reduce exposures to hazardous drugs. 4. Produce new and improved methods to assess occupational exposure to hazardous drugs. 5. Partner with external groups and other NIOSH Programs to widely disseminate exposure prevention tools (such as Alerts, Workplace Solutions, Current Intelligence Bulletins, and Topic Pages). 6. Identify future research directions in collaboration with other NIOSH programs and external partners. What have we accomplished? 1. Identified gaps in healthcare workers' knowledge about drug hazards and proper use of protective gloves and gowns. This information will be used to develop educational materials. 2. Provided guidance to healthcare workers on the selection of properly tested gloves and gowns for use when handling hazardous drugs. 3. Published an article in an industrial hygiene trade magazine to raise awareness about hazardous drug exposures and how to prevent them. 4. Developed two drug-detection monitors that can measure surface contamination levels of hazardous drugs in the work-place in near real-time. Previously, sampling results could take several weeks to obtain. 5. Developed wipe sampling methods for two hazardous drugs, mitomycin and carmustine. Workplace surface exposures to these drugs can now be measured and when warranted, targeted interventions applied. What's next? 1. Publish 2016 update to NIOSH Alert on hazardous drugs. 2. Publish Current Intelligence Bulletin on alternative duty for reproductive status to provide guidance for employers on how to protect pregnant and breastfeeding women and their babies. 3. Field test a direct-reading device for measuring hazardous drugs on surfaces in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. 4. Publish 2016 update of the NIOSH list of hazardous drugs to reflect the latest research findings about negative health effects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Health Promotion Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Health programs; Hazards; Hazardous drugs; Exposure levels; Risk factors; Antineoplastic agents; Education; Exposure assessment; Health care personnel; Workers; Gloves; Personal protection; Personal protective equipment; Monitors; Sampling methods; Safety; Safety measures; Safety practices; Safety programs
• Source:
  Atlanta, GA: 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. 2016-123, 2016 May; :1
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2016123
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handout/Flyer
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OPPE - Office of Program Planning and Evaluation ; OD - Office of the Director ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048119
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• 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/39882/cdc_39882_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 298.36 KB ]