PHSA - BCC - PHARM - Safe Handling Part 1: General Overview

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The course outlines BC Cancer's general hazardous drug safe handling guidelines, and the specific safe handling guidelines for working around hazardous oral, topical, and pre-packaged take-home cancer drug dosage forms.

After completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Define hazardous drugs (HD)
• Outline potential risks and identify relevant HD exposure workplace records and policies
• Identify potential routes of HD exposure
• Contrast how HD classification is communicated to workers versus patients
• Contrast the safe handling requirements for handling oral, topical and prepackaged HD dosage forms
• Explain how to identify, receive, store, transport and dispose of HDs