Resource List: Best Practices for Handling Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings

Handling Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings

In addition to the requirements of Chapters USP-797 & USP-800, the following documents (or their successors) are resources for best practice for Handling Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings.

  • OSHA Hazard Communication: OSHA Standards (http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/standards.html)
  • OSHA Technical Manual (OTM). Section VI: Chapter 2: Controlling Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs
    (http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_vi/otm_vi_2.html)
  • NIOSH Alert: Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings (NIOSH Publication Number 2004-165) (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-165/pdfs/2004-165sum.pdf)
  • NIOSH List of Antineoplastics and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings 2012 (NIOSH Publication Number 2012-150) (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-150/pdfs/2012-150.pdf)
  • Workplace Solutions: Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work With Hazardous Drugs (NIOSH Publication Number 2009-106) (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/wp-solutions/2009-106/pdfs/2009-106.pdf)
  • Workplace Solutions: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs for Veterinary Healthcare Workers (NIOSH Publication Number 2010-150) (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/wp-solutions/2010-150/pdfs/2010-150.pdf)
  • Workplace Solutions: Medical Surveillance for Healthcare Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs (NIOSH Publication Number 2013-103) (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/wp-solutions/2013-103/pdfs/2013-103.pdf)
  • ASHP Guidelines on Compounding Sterile Preparations (2013 (http://www.ashp.org/DocLibrary/BestPractices/PrepGdlCSP.aspx)
  • ASHP Guidelines on Handling Hazardous Drugs (2006) (http://www.ashp.org/s_ashp/docs/files/BP07/Prep_Gdl_HazDrugs.pdf)
  • Oncology Nursing Society: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (Second Edition) (https://www.ons.org/products/safe-handling-hazardous-drugs-second-edition)