NIOSH Hazardous Drug Dispensing & Handling Procedures

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Review the question that applies to your business unit below and then select the correct answer Choice in the answer key. RETAIL and PBM Mail: In our pharmacy, which of these activities below are allowed?

Choice B and D.

The following are examples of hazardous drugs that may be carried at my location: Examples for Retail and PBM Mail:

Choice E: all of the above

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has identified all of the following medications as hazardous drugs.

Antineoplastic drugs. Non-antineoplastic drugs the manufacturer has safe handling guidance for. Non-antineoplastic drugs with reproductive risk.

Counting trays and spatulas dedicated for use with hazardous drugs should not be used when counting NIOSH Hazardous Drugs from a stock bottle into an amber vile or blister packaging as appropriate.

False

Where would you find warnings and special handling for Hazardous Drugs?

On the manufacture's Safety Data Sheet.

If a shipment of hazardous drugs arrives with a broken or leaking container, should pharmacy staff do?

Put on chemotherapy/nitrile gloves and dispose of the bottle via the Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste program requirements.

Which of the following locations would be the INCORRECT place to dispose of all waste from cleaning up a spill of pharmaceuticals (including contaminated gloves)?

The trashcan located within the area for handling hazardous waste drugs as long as the bag is sealed. The outside dumpster in a sealed bag, so that it doesn't harm other colleagues/customers. The trash area near the back door, out of the way of colleagues and not outside where others could access it

Eating and drinking or not permitted in production areas where Hazardous Drugs are being handled.

True


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