USP <800>: Types Of Exposure Flashcards
What are the four ways you can be exposed to hazardous drugs?
Touch, inhalation, ingestion and injection
BSC
Biological safety cabinet
CACI
Compounding aseptic containment isolator
What is the most common type of exposure to hazardous drugs?
Touch exposure
What are five ways of drug can be hazardous
Carcinogen, teratogen, organ toxicity at a low-dose, reproductive toxin, and genotoxin
A new drug can be considered hazardous if
It mimics the structure or toxicity of a known hazardous drug
USP 800 refers to which list of hazardous drugs
USP 800 uses the NIOSH list of hazardous drugs not the EPA list
What are some ways touch contamination can be spread from hazardous drugs
Receipt, unpacking, transport, storage, compounding, administration, disposal, and spills
Protection against inhalation exposure?
Engineering controls protect against particles and vapors
When is additional respiratory protection required?
When cleaning up a spill or cleaning a BSC or CACI
How can ingestion exposure happen?
Touch contamination, transferred to food or drinks or break areas
How can injection exposure to hazardous drugs occur?
From a needle stick injury
What is the primary focus of drugs on the NIOSH list of hazardous drugs?
Exposure to healthcare personnel
Type of controls are hoods and negative room
Engineering controls
What are the most common types of hazardous drugs compounded
Carcinogens and reproductive hazards are the most common hazardous drugs on the NIOSH list of hazardous drugs
