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Washington State adopts rule to protect healthcare workers from hazardous medications [The Pump Handle] (scienceblogs)
Washington State becomes the first in the nation to adopt specific workplace
safety rules to protect healthcare workers who are potentially exposed to
anti-neoplastic drugs and other hazardous medications. The new rule, issued
earlier this month by the State's Department of Labor & Industries, stems from
legislation passed in April 2011 and signed into law by Governor Chris
Gregoire. The rule applies to healthcare facilities in which employees are
"reasonably anticipated" to have "occupational exposure to one or more
hazardous drugs." The CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) published a list of about 150 agents that meet their hazardous
drug definition. This list, which is referenced in the new Washington State
rule, includes well-known chemotherapeutic drugs such as cisplatin,
fluorouracil (5FU), methotrexate, etoposide, temozolomide, and dacarbazine.
NIOSH estimates that about 5.5 million healthcare workers----from nurses and
pharmacists to housekeepers and veterninary care staff---are potentially
exposed to these hazardous agents.
Under the rule, which will take affect beginning in 2014, healthcare
facilities with employees who are reasonably anticipated to have exposure to
hazardous drugs will be required to develop a "hazardous drugs control
program." Components of the program include a written inventory of hazardous
drugs in the ...
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