The Chapter <800> Answer Book

2nd Edition

Patricia Kienle
American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists
240 pages
ISBN: 9781585286294
September 2023

This book outlines quality-of-practice standards for handling hazardous drugs (HDs) for the safety of patients and healthcare personnel. Expanding on the first edition, it provides guidance and practical advice about requirements for implementation, receiving, handling and transport of HDs, ongoing medical surveillance of personnel handling HDs, and establishment of separate negative pressure containment areas for compounding of HDs.