Carmel Pharma USA

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

NIOSH ALERT Publication addresses workers in all healthcare settings and includes this warning:

Warning

Working with or near hazardous drugs in health care settings may cause skin rashes, infertility, miscarriage, birth defects and possibly leukemia or other cancers.

“Evidence documents a decrease in drug contaminants when a closed-system transfer device is used.”

Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The NIOSH Publication No. 2004-165 page.
Available at: Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings Accessed February 6, 2009