Workplace Solutions: Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Connor, Thomas H. ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Polovich, Martha ; McDiarmid, Melissa A. ; Leone, Melissa M. ; Power, Luci A. ; Whalen, John J.
• Description:
  Health care workers who handle hazardous drugs are at risk of skin rashes, cancer, and reproductive disorders. NIOSH recommends that employers provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect workers who handle hazardous drugs in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  "The principal authors of this document were Thomas H. Connor and Laurence D. Reed, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Martha Polovich, Oncology Nursing Society; Melissa A. McDiarmid, University of Maryland; Melissa M. Leone, Apria Healthcare; and Luci A. Power, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. John J. Whalen, under a contract with the Public Health Service, Division of Federal Occupational Health, served as the lead writer/editor." - p. [3]
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Engineering Eye Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Pharmaceutical Preparations Protective Clothing Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Safety Management Sense Organs

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• Keywords:
  Health-care; Health-care-personnel; Health-hazards; Protective-equipment; Protective-clothing; Personal-protective-equipment; Personal-protection; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Respirators; Engineering-controls; Control-technology; Gloves; Eye-protection; Eye-protective-equipment; Eye-shields
• 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. 2009-106, 2008 Oct; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034646
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-100864
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1205cfb44710d01fbd8caef0e0e80fc7b30fd666cd54bad7ee3318364c8c2ba6815bcc36f01cfb6b84b613520bf3f013976ee485fe822bf8fbfe9ed44f7b53c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5762/cdc_5762_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 226.59 KB ]