Resource List: Best Practices for 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.
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)