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Funding Agency: WorkSafeBC
Collaborators: Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health; BC Nurses’ Union, Health Sciences Association, Hospital Employees Union, UBC School of Environmental Health,
Grant Recieved: 2008
Objective: To identify which areas of hospitals are determinants of exposure and barriers to compliance with safe work practices

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Antineoplastic drugs are used for the treatment of cancer. Occupational exposure to these drugs has been documented in the past and, as a result, guidelines have been produced to minimize such exposure. However, despite the use of recommended control measures, contamination of the work environment has still been found. This places a number of healthcare workers at risk of exposure. This study aims to identify the possible determinants of exposure in order to subsequently develop an evidence-based approach to minimize the exposure risk. The study will also examine factors which are potential barriers to compliance with existing control measures in order to facilitate changes in practices/attitudes.

Dr. George Astrakianakis is one of the co-investigators of this study.

 

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