Hazardous Drug Contamination of Drug Preparation Devices and Staff: A Contamination Study Simulating the Use of Chemotherapy Drugs in a Clinical Setting. [PDF]
Hosp Pharm, 2017 Background: Hazardous drug contamination (HD) in healthcare environments continues, placing healthcare staff at risk of significantly chronic health problems, despite the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and closed system transfer device systems (CSTDs).
Call E +5 more
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Thermal baths as sources of pharmaceutical and illicit drug contamination. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2020 Despite the fact that there are tens of thousands of thermal baths in existence, knowledge about the occurrence of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in untreated thermal wastewater is very limited.
Jakab G +11 more
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Banknotes as a Source of Drug and Pharmaceutical Contamination of the Population. [PDF]
ToxicsThis study investigates the potential contamination of cash register employees in the Slovak Republic with 148 selected pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, and their metabolites. Of these, 42 substances were detected, and it was found that the target group—cashiers—regularly handle large volumes of banknotes, increasing their exposure to contaminants ...
Petrovičová N +15 more
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Drug Contamination of Multi-dose Vials [PDF]
Anesthesiology, 1967 Roger M. Smith, J. A. YOUXC, A. MANIXEIM
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Cisplatin Contamination Observed on the Outside of Drug Vials [PDF]
The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2002 Exposure to cytotoxic drugs is of great concern today. Special regulations for handling these drugs during preparation and administration have been implemented in most countries. Concern has also been raised as to whether exposure to these drugs can occur due to contaminated drug vials.
Olle Nygren +3 more
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Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2022 Background. The contamination of raw milk depends on the number and type of organisms that can cause health risks, which can be judged by the presence of microorganisms and bacterial pathogens.
Alqeer Aliyo, Zelalem Teklemariam
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Illicit drug contamination of the Bristol pound local currency.
Forensic Science International, 2020 Reports have shown the prevalence of the contamination of banknotes with a number of different drugs. These studies have focused on investigating drug contamination levels on currency which is either nationally or even international distributed. To present there has been no studies undertaken on banknotes circulating in well-defined and limited ...
P. Bowdler +7 more
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Contamination of a drug consumption room with drugs and potential risks for social health care workers [PDF]
Harm Reduction JournalBackground Studies have shown that contamination of surfaces by illicit drugs frequently occurs in forensic laboratories when manipulating seized samples as well as in pharmacies and hospitals when preparing medicinal drugs.
Flore Cuffaro +8 more
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Self-reported pathways through which illicitly manufactured fentanyl enters the stimulant supply: Novel insights from people incarcerated for drug manufacturing and distribution [PDF]
SSM: Qualitative Research in HealthBackground: The unintentional consumption of stimulants containing fentanyl among people who intend to only use stimulants contributes to overdose mortality in North America.
Patrick J.A. Kelly +6 more
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Drug contamination of banknotes
Significance, 2005 Abstract When the police or Customs and Excise seize currency they are nowadays likely to have the confiscated banknotes tested for the presence of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and cannabis. It is an interesting statistic that there is a 99% chance that “the money in your pocket” will be contaminated with detectable amounts of cocaine ...
P. Laycock
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