Personal protective equipment for health care workers who work with hazardous drugs

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• Personal Author:
  Connor, Thomas H. ; Leone, Melissa M. ; McDiarmid, Melissa A. ; Polovich, Martha ; Power, Luci A. ; Reed, Laurence D. ; Whalen, John J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• 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." - NIOSHTIC-2
• 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:
  Hazardous Substances/poisoning Health Personnel Occupational Exposure/prevention & Control Personal Protective Equipment Pharmaceutical Preparations/adverse Effects Safety Management
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  print; [4 ] p. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034646
• 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 ]