Prevention Guide - Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs - Irsst

Mission. The ASSTSAS is a joint, sector-based association
dedicated to promoting occupational health and safety prevention
and supporting health and social service sector workers
and institutions through consulting services, as well as through
information, training and research and development activities,
to implement preventive measures designed to:
– identify and eliminate health and safety hazards at the source,
in order to preserve the physical and psychological integrity of
workers;
– optimize working conditions to improve the health and workplace
quality of life of workers, while promoting productivity
and taking into account the safety of the institutional clientele.
JOINT STRUCTURE AND FUNDING. The ASSTSAS is a non-profit
organization. It is managed through a general meeting and by a
board of directors that includes an equal number of representatives
from labour and management associations in the sector. It is
primarily funded through premiums collected from all employers
in the health and social service sector.
NOTE: The information contained in this document is not exhaustive and in no
way represents a legal interpretation of the laws and regulations. Your sectorbased
association, the ASSTSAS, in no way guarantees that occupational accidents
or diseases and the hazards related thereto will be eliminated through the
use of the information contained in this document or by the implementation of
the preventive measures suggested herein. Time and place, as well as general or
specific conditions, may reinforce, reduce or eliminate the relevance or usefulness
of this information. Therefore, the ASSTSAS member associations, representatives,
administrators and directors, as well as the members of its staff, assume no
responsibility or liability which may result from the distribution of this document
and the measures recommended herein. MASCULINE / FEMININE GENDERS:
Unless otherwise required by the context, the masculine gender is used in this
document for the sake of conciseness. Reproduction: All rights of reproduction
or adaptation of this document, in whole or in part, are strictly reserved by
the ASSTSAS and are protected by the Copyright Act. Written permission from
the ASSTSAS is required for the reproduction or adaptation of this document.
Cover photo: Yves Médam © 2007