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11. PATIENT CARE<br />

Table 8. <strong>Hazardous</strong> <strong>Drugs</strong>: Duration <strong>of</strong> the Presence <strong>of</strong> Detectable Residues in the Excreta<br />

Drug<br />

Duration <strong>of</strong> the Presence <strong>of</strong> Detectable<br />

Residues in the Urine<br />

Duration <strong>of</strong> the Presence <strong>of</strong><br />

Detectable Residues in the<br />

Stools<br />

Bleomycin sulfate 72 hr; 50% excreted in the first 24 hr --<br />

Busulfan 12-24 hr --<br />

Capecitabine 24 hr --<br />

Carboplatin 24-48 hr; 60% in the first 24 hr --<br />

Carmustine 4 days --<br />

Cisplatin 7 days --<br />

Cyclophosphamide 72 hr 5 days after oral dose<br />

Cytarabine 24 hr --<br />

Dacarbazine 6 hr --<br />

Dactinomycin 5 days; 20% in the first 24 hr --<br />

Daunorubicin 48 hr 7 days<br />

Docetaxel 7 days 7 days; 80% in the first 48 hr<br />

Doxorubicin 6 days 7 days<br />

Epirubicin 7 days 5 days<br />

Etoposide 4 days 7 days<br />

Fludarabine 48 hr --<br />

Fluorouracil 48 hr --<br />

Gemcitabine 7 days --<br />

Hydroxyurea 12 hr --<br />

Ifosfamide 48 hr --<br />

Imatinib mesylate 7 days 7 days<br />

Irinotecan 48 hr --<br />

Lomustine 24 hr --<br />

Mechlorethamine<br />

48 hr --<br />

hydrochloride<br />

Melphalan 48 hr 7 days<br />

Mercaptopurine 48-72 hr; 50% in the first 24 hr --<br />

Methotrexate 72 hr; major problem during the first 8 hr 7 days<br />

Mitomycin 24 hr --<br />

Mitoxantrone<br />

6 days 7 days<br />

hydrochloride<br />

Paclitaxel 24 hr 5 days<br />

Pegaspargase Not detectable --<br />

Tamoxifen -- 2 weeks<br />

Teniposide 5 days 48 hr<br />

Thioguanine 24 hr --<br />

Thiotepa 24 hr --<br />

Vinblastine sulfate 4 days 7 days<br />

Vincristine sulfate 4 days 7 days<br />

Source: ONS – <strong>Safe</strong> handling <strong>of</strong> hazardous drugs, 2003, p. 28.<br />

PREVENTION GUIDE – SAFE HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS DRUGS ASSTSAS 11-5

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