Hazardous Drug Preparation Part 4

Question 1

The ISO Class 5 PEC used for preparing HDs requires a controlled (C)-PEC, such as:

Answer 1

A Class I or II biologic safety cabinet (BSC)

A containment ventilated enclosure (CVE)

A compounding aseptic containment isolator (CACI)

Question 2

These C-PECs must be externally ventilated and move air ____ through a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter (rather than toward the compounder)

Answer 2

downward

Question 3

Often, large hospitals will have a ____ department or area for chemotherapy infusion compounding where this may be accomplished.

Answer 3

separate

Question 4

As trash is accumulated, discard it to the side of the workspace in a puncture-proof container marked as ____

Answer 4

hazardous

Question 5

Any opened liquids should also be discarded in a ____

Answer 5

container

Question 6

Other materials used (wrappers and alcohol swabs), which have had minimal exposure, can be placed in a sealed plastic bag and transferred to a container outside the ____

Answer 6

hood

Question 7

If possible, open packaging, such as syringes, tubing, and plastic bags, before opening the ____

Answer 7

HD

Question 8

IV tubing should be primed (allowing fluid from the IV bag to run through the IV tubing; the administering personnel normally completes this directly before administration) before adding the ____ agent to the IV bag

Answer 8

cytotoxic

Question 9

Spray most often occurs with withdrawing the contents from a vial; therefore, a ____ (CSTD) must be used when the dosage form allows

Answer 9

closed system vial transfer device