HAZARDOUS DRUG EXPOSURES IN HEALTHCARE

NIOSH Publications

This page includes NIOSH numbered publications on occupational exposure to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs.

Alerts

• Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-165 (2004)

Hazardous Drug List Update

• NIOSH List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings, 2016
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2016-161 (September 2016)

Health Hazard Evaluations

• Exposures to healthcare personnel from cisplatin during a mock interperitoneal operation, University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
  HETA-2009-0121-3106 (2010)
• Chemotherapy drug evaluation at a medical laboratory, Pennsylvania
  HETA-2010-0118-3142 (2011)
• Multiple sclerosis cluster evaluation in an inpatient oncology ward, Wisconsin
  HETA-2011-0047-3143 (2011)
• Exposures to pharmaceutical dust at a mail order pharmacy, Illinois
  HETA-2010-0026-3150 (2011)
• Chemotherapy drug evaluation at a veterinary teaching hospital, Michigan
  HETA-2010-0068-3156 (2012)
• Chemotherapy drug exposures at an oncology clinic, Florida
  HETA-2009-0148-3158 (2012)
• Evaluation of safety climate, health concerns, and pharmaceutical dust exposures at a mail order pharmacy
  HETA-2012-0044-3199 (2013)
• Evaluation of pharmaceutical dust exposures at an outpatient pharmacy
  HETA-2010-0078-3177 (2013)
• Evaluation of chemotherapy drug exposure in an outpatient infusion center
  HETA-2013-0019-3205 (2014)

Workplace Solutions

• Preventing Worker Deaths and Injuries When Handling Micotil 300®
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-124 (2007)
• Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2009-106 (2008)
• Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs for Veterinary Healthcare Workers
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-150 (2010)
• Medical Surveillance for Healthcare Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs
  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-103 (2013) – supersedes 2007-117