Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

Course overview

Hazardous drugs used to treat patient illnesses can harm unprotected healthcare workers in their workplaces. To protect healthcare workers, it is recommended that workplaces assess the hazards specific to their workplace and develop hazard control strategies to mitigate those hazards. These may include use of engineering controls, such as ventilated hoods and enclosures; adoption of administrative controls, such as establishing safe handling policies, training, and routine training reviews for potentially exposed individuals; and supplying personal protective equipment (PPE), such as chemotherapy gloves and gowns, when appropriate.