Open AccessHandling with antineoplastic drugs: a health concern among health care workers
Author(s) -
Stephanie Damasceno Rocha,
André Nascimento Honorato Gomes,
Paulo Ricardo Gazzola Zen,
Cláudia Giuliano Bica
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2447-0147
pISSN - 1679-4435
DOI - 10.47626/1679-4435-2020-527
Subject(s) - antineoplastic drugs , checklist , pharmacy , medicine , health care , occupational safety and health , nursing , family medicine , health professionals , personal protective equipment , environmental health , psychology , disease , pharmacology , pathology , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , cognitive psychology , economic growth
Health care professionals are part of a group that is more exposed to a wide range of sources of risk that are very harmful to their own health. Antineoplastic drugs are widely used to treat many different types of cancer and are very aggressive to both patients and health care professionals.