Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

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Best Practices for the Safe Handlin
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Best Practices for the Safe Handlin
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Acknowledgments WorkSafeBC thanks t
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16. Drug administration ...........
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Legal considerations While the info
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1. What are hazardous drugs? Hazard
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3. Why are workers at risk? In the
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Route of exposure Examples of activ
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Part 2: Performing a risk assessmen
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The following diagram shows the ste
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Obtain and review information about
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8.1 Tools for assessing risk You ca
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9. Developing and implementing cont
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Workers exposed to reproductive tox
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11. Information and communication I
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