Antineoplastic Drugs: Occupational Exposure and Side Effects

The Occupational Hazards of Exposure to Antineoplastic and Chemotherapy Drugs in Nurses. A systematic review

Background: By increasing the incidence of cancer, the use of antineoplastic drugs and consequently, oncology nurses’ exposure to the drugs during daily activities has increased. Because of the importance of professional Nurses' health, the purpose of this study is to answer the question of what risks contact with antineoplastic and chemotherapy drugs in nurses?        Method: Studies on the h...

Antineoplastic Drugs Exposure among Health Care Personnel

Introduction: The objectives of this study were to determine the air curtain velocities of hood to capture and contain the splashing oil. The optimal flow of air curtain velocities is introduced to apply cooking by pan frying. Methods: At the first stage, palm olein oil was poured to a pan and fried at constant temperature of 180 ± 5 °C for 140 seconds. In the meantime, the 4-air flows, which w...

Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs: Identification of Job Categories Potentially Exposed throughout the Hospital Medication System

OBJECTIVES Studies examining healthcare workers' exposure to antineoplastic drugs have focused on the drug preparation or drug administration areas. However, such an approach has probably underestimated the overall exposure risk as the drugs need to be delivered to the facility, transported internally and then disposed. The objective of this study is to determine whether drug contamination occu...

Event Abstract Comet assay as a human biomonitoring tool: application in occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs

Occupational exposure to antineoplastic agents and parameters for renal dysfunction.

To study the nephrotoxic effects of occupational exposure to antineoplastic agents, the early renal effect parameters retinol-binding protein (RBP) and albumin (ALB) were determined in the urine of 11 hospital workers involved in the preparation and administration of antineoplastic agents and in 23 hospital workers not involved in drug handling, who served as nonexposed controls. No significant...