Administration of Chemotherapy and Safety

Course overview

This course equips healthcare professionals with essential practices for safe and effective chemotherapy management. It addresses the risks associated with chemotherapy exposure, outlines risk mitigation strategies, and emphasizes the importance of adhering to safety standards and using personal protective equipment (PPE). Additionally, it highlights the challenges of medication adherence, particularly for oral chemotherapy, and underscores the need for ongoing, high-quality education to improve patient care and optimize treatment outcomes. The goal of this course is to ensure the safe handling and administration of chemotherapy while also providing nurses, pharmacists, and physicians with strategies to enhance patient adherence to oral anticancer treatments.