Volatile Chemo Spill Hazard/Risk Assessment

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Thu, 07/24/2025 - 14:30
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Ronda Whipple
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Volatile Chemo Spill Hazard/Risk Assessment

For chemotherapy agents that vaporize (e.g., Carmustine, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Fluorouracil), has anyone completed a hazard/risk assessment of exposure once they have been further diluted for administration? Specifically, do you handle a spill of a diluted preparation the same as you would (e.g, require PAPR), if undiluted liquid was spilled?

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Ronda Whipple PharmD

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