Introduction

Hazardous drugs pose serious health hazards to healthcare workers.
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Hazardous drugs, such as those used for cancer chemotherapy, antiviral treatments and hormone regimens, pose a serious health hazard to healthcare workers.

OSHA says even in low doses the preparation, administration, manufacturing, and the disposal of these hazardous medications can expose hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers to irreversible harm. These hazardous medications can cause serious effects including:

• cancer
• organ toxicity
• fertility problems
• genetic damage
• birth defects

This course takes a closer look at several different hazardous materials and medications that healthcare workers may be exposed to daily, as well as ways to protect themselves from serious health issues.

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Course 171 Final Exam

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Endnotes

• "Hazardous Drug Exposures in Health Care." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 May 2020, Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/hazdrug/default.html
• Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Understanding OSHA’s Exposure Monitoring Requirements. Retrieved from: https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA_ethylene_oxide.pdf
• Hospital ETool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - Glutaraldehyde. Retrieved from: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/glutaraldehyde/glut.html
• Hospital ETool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - Hazardous Chemicals. Retrieved from: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/hazchem/haz.html
• Hospital ETool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - Mercury. Retrieved from: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/mercury/mercury.html
• Safety and Health Topics | Hazardous Drugs | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Retrieved from: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardousdrugs/index.html
• Safety and Health Topics | Healthcare - Other Hazards | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Retrieved from: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthcarefacilities/otherhazards.html#hazardous_drugs

Additional Resources

• Chemical Hazards, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Minimizing chemical hazards in healthcare, Healthcare Design
• Hazardous Chemicals, ANA Enterprise
• Hazardous Chemicals in Healthcare: A Snapshot of Chemicals in Doctors and Nurses, Physicians for Social Responsiblity