Personal Protective Equipment Use and Hazardous Drug Spills among Ambulatory Oncology Nurses: Results from a Mailed Survey

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• Alternative Title:
  Oncol Nurs Forum
• Personal Author:
  He, Bei Y. ; Mendelsohn-Victor, Kari ; McCullagh, Marjorie C. ; Friese, Christopher R.
• Description:
  Purpose/Objectives ; To examine patterns and organizational correlates of personal protective equipment (PPE) use and hazardous drug spills. ; Design ; Cross-sectional mailed survey. ; Setting ; Ambulatory practices in California, Georgia, and Michigan. ; Sample ; 252 Oncology Nursing Society members who administer hazardous drugs. ; Methods ; Bivariate and multivariable regression analyses. ; Main Research Variables ; Outcomes were PPE use and hazardous drug spills. Covariates included nursing workloads, nurses’ practice environments, and barriers to PPE use. ; Findings ; 26% reported a recent drug spill. 90% wore only one pair of chemotherapy-tested gloves. Increased PPE use was significantly associated with nurse participation in practice affairs (β = 0.25, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.41), non-private ownership (β= 0.37, 95% CI 0.10 to 0.64), increased nursing workloads (β = 0.03, 95% CI 0.01 to 0.04), and fewer barriers to PPE use (β = 0.65, 95% CI 0.36 to 0.93). Spills were significantly associated with less favorable manager leadership and support (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.47 to 0.98), and higher workloads (OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.06). ; Conclusions ; Drug spills occur often in ambulatory settings. PPE use remains low and barriers to use persist. Higher workloads are associated with both lower PPE use and more spills. ; Implications ; Managers should monitor and correct aberrant workloads and assure PPE is available and staff are trained. ; Knowledge Translation ; 1) Workloads are an important factor to consider in reducing hazardous drug exposures. 2) Nurses report substantial barriers to exposure prevention, including absence of equipment and lack of training. 3) Educational interventions are needed to improve use of PPE and reduction in hazardous drug exposures
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• Subjects:
  • Clinical Competence
  • Gloves, Protective
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Humans
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Occupational Exposure/prevention & control
  • Oncology Nursing/standards
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Protective Clothing
  • Protective Devices
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• Keywords:
  • antineoplastic agents
  • nursing staff
  • workload
  • occupational exposure
  • oncology nursing
• Source:
  Oncol Nurs Forum. 44(1):60-65
• Pubmed ID:
  28067030
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5225785
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH010582/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008455/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43821/cdc_43821_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 323.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c63d3a3650581254dd2c395f9da2bba83651ec0066f80aef3ac6a3148f7084ad