TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Hazardous drugs: new challenges, new opportunities
JO  - Farmacia hospitalaria
A1  - Valero García, Silvia
A1  - López Briz, Eduardo
A1  - Vila Clérigues, Nieves
A1  - Poveda Andrés, Jose Luis
SP  - 124
EP  - 130
VL  - 40
IS  - n02
N2  - Occupational exposure to hazardous drugs can cause harmful effects on health professionals and several protective measures must be taken. Nevertheless, classification of hazardous drugs is not the same in all the published repertoires and the terminology is still confusing: hazardous drugs, biohazardous drugs or risky drugs are terms improperly described and can define very different drugs with a very different hazard profiles. In Spain, there is not an updated official list of hazardous drugs, and healthcare professionals must consider and follow other published lists. In our opinion, it is mandatory to do a consensus among these professionals, administration and labor union organizations in order to clarify some conflictive questions not only in healthcare settings but in investigational and academic scenarios too. These multidisciplinary groups should be involved also in teaching new and non-experienced personnel and in the knowledge reinforcement for the experienced ones.<br><br>Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1130-6343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7399/fh.2016.40.2.10462
ID  - ref1
ER  -