Title |
Hazardous drugs: new challenges, new opportunities
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Published in |
Farmacia Hospitalaria, March 2016
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DOI | 10.7399/fh.2016.40.2.10462 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Silvia Valero García, Eduardo López Briz, Nieves Vila Clérigues, Jose Luis Poveda Andrés |
Abstract |
Occupational exposure to hazardous drugs can cause harmful effects on health professionals and several protective measures must be taken. Nevertheless, classification of hazardous drugs is not the same in all the published repertoires and the terminology is still confusing: hazardous drugs, biohazardous drugs or risky drugs are terms improperly described and can define very different drugs with a very different hazard profiles. In Spain, there is not an updated official list of hazardous drugs, and healthcare professionals must consider and follow other published lists. In our opinion, it is mandatory to do a consensus among these professionals, administration and labor union organizations in order to clarify some conflictive questions not only in healthcare settings but in investigational and academic scenarios too. These multidisciplinary groups should be involved also in teaching new and non-experienced personnel and in the knowledge reinforcement for the experienced ones. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 27 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Other | 4 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 11% |
Student > Master | 3 | 11% |
Other | 4 | 15% |
Unknown | 7 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 19% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 19% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 19% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
Other | 2 | 7% |
Unknown | 8 | 30% |