| Drug handling procedures involves the risks of | | | | breathing problem, loss of eye sight, vomiting, |
| leakage and accidental spills, which causes | | | | dizziness, skin rashes, allergic reactions, etc. can be |
| healthcare workers to get exposed to toxic | | | | the part of the hazards discussion lists of these |
| agents present within the hazardous drugs. These | | | | harmful agents. |
| toxic chemicals have immense potentials to put | | | | Surveys conducted in several healthcare settings |
| worker and people in nearby environment to the | | | | have established that around 10-12 different drugs |
| risks of several diseases. Various studies on the | | | | and 2-3 therapies, which involves active human |
| action of hazardous drugs causing contamination | | | | carcinogens are in practice as the treatment |
| of healthcare personnel and surfaces of working | | | | procedures. These drugs when exposed produce |
| equipments, have reported that use of cytotoxic | | | | the risks of cancer in the workers handling them |
| drugs are the main reasons of health havoc in | | | | during monitoring of patients. All these information |
| workplaces of these drugs. | | | | put forward the effective control actions in |
| Many reputed and important healthcare | | | | designing procedures which will results out in no or |
| organizations have presented alerts on | | | | reduced exposure to hazardous substances. |
| occupational exposure of workers to hazardous | | | | Due to the active participation and growing |
| drugs and have addressed the lists of | | | | concern of several healthcare facilities, medical |
| abnormalities and health defects these drugs can | | | | organizations and other regulatory agencies, it has |
| cause when exposed to lives. These drugs can | | | | been possible to reduce the percentage of |
| produce serious impacts on the reproductive | | | | occupational exposures to hazardous drugs. The |
| systems and can affect the normal growth of | | | | proper usage of personal protective equipments, |
| fetus. Frequent abortions rate, loss of fertility, | | | | good work practices and implementation of |
| abnormal development of fetus, and other | | | | safety devices such as biological safety cabinets |
| congenital malformations are some of the | | | | and closed system drug transfer devices, have |
| reproductive disorders these drugs can results in. | | | | made possible to produce effective results. |
| Besides, numerous disorders such as nausea, | | | | |