Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs: Practical Considerations for Compounding and Administration

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Program Description

Are you at risk for exposure to hazardous drugs? Hazardous medications are capable of causing serious effects in healthcare workers, including local reactions, cancer, organ toxicity, fertility problems, genetic damage, and birth defects. Regulations and guidelines for handling hazardous drugs exist, but exposures still happen. It is important to know how contamination by hazardous drugs can occur and the most effective methods to avoid it.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, pharmacists and nurses will be able to:

Define hazardous drugs and negative health effects associated with exposure.
Identify work practices that present a risk of exposure to hazardous drugs.
Outline workplace strategies and practices to reduce exposure and prevent contamination from hazardous drugs.
Describe technological advances that may reduce the exposure of health care providers to hazardous drugs during compounding and administration.

Program Faculty

Seth Eisenberg, RN, OCN®
Professional Practice Coordinator, Infusion Services
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, WA
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Luci A. Power, MS, RPh
Senior Pharmacy Consultant
Power Enterprises
San Francisco, CA
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CE Accreditation:

Pharmacists:
ProCE, Inc is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. ACPE Universal Activity Number 221-000-09-091-H05-P has been assigned to this knowledge-based home-study activity (initial release date 12-21-09). This activity is acceptable for 1.0 contact hour (0.10 CEU) in states that recognize ACPE providers. It is provided at no cost to participants. Statements of credit will be issued online at www.ProCE.com upon successful completion of the post-test (≥70% correct). No partial credit will be given.

Expiration Date: 12-21-2012

Nurses:
Nurse CE is provided for this home-study activity through collaboration between ProCE, Inc. and Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc. (WSNA CEARP Provider number PA-5/Feb/11). Wild Iris Medical Education is an approved provider of continuing education by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #12300). This activity provides 1.0 contact hour of nurse CE credit.

Expiration Date: 12-21-2012

Funding

This program was supported by an educational grant from ICU Medical, Inc.

To Participate

To participate in this Web-based continuing education activity:
1.	Review the program description and objectives.
2.	View the program by clicking on the link below.
3.	Take the online post-test and complete the evaluation by clicking the post-test hyperlink on the final slide of the program (registration will be required).

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NOTE: If you attended the webinar titled "Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs: Practical Considerations for Compounding and Administration" that was held on June 4, August 26, September 24, and November 16, 2009 AND received CE credit (i.e. a pharmacist CE statement of credit or a nurse CE certificate), you are NOT allowed to receive credit again for this home-study web course.

The material presented here does not reflect the views of Pharmacy Choice, Inc., ProCE, Inc., RxSchool, ICU Medical, Inc. or the companies providing educational content. These materials may discuss uses and dosages for therapeutic products, processes, procedures and inferred diagnoses that have not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. A qualified health care professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. All readers and continuing education participants should verify all information and data before treating patients or employing any therapies described in this continuing education activity.