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AUGUST 28, 2020

Best Practices for Monitoring Hazardous Drug Surface Contamination

A Guidance for Health Care Institutions

Originally published by our sister publication, Pharmacy Practice News

Katherine Sarna, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Pharmacy
Chicago, Illinois

Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals affects an estimated 13 million workers in the United States, with upwards of 8 million US health care personnel in clinical and nonclinical roles potentially exposed to hazardous drugs (HDs).1,2

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The characteristics of HDs, along with adverse health effects