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Chemotherapy Safety: Reducing Errors With a Nurse-Led Time-Out Process

Kimberly Kalo
Diana Karius
James F. Bena
Shannon L. Morrison
Nancy M. Albert
CJON 2019, 23(2), 197-202 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.197-202
Background: Nurses represent the last line of defense in preventing the occurrence of chemotherapy errors; it is important to assess error rates and implement quality improvement initiatives to reduce nurse-initiated chemotherapy administration errors. Objectives: The purpose of this project was to...
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Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Improve Nurses’ Hazardous Drug Handling

Christopher R. Friese
James Yang
Kari Mendelsohn-Victor
Marjorie C. McCullagh
ONF 2019, 46(2), 248-256 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.248-256
Objectives: To evaluate whether a web-based educational intervention improved personal protective equipment (PPE) use among oncology nurses who handle hazardous drugs. Sample & Setting: From 2015 to 2017, the authors partnered with 12 ambulatory oncology settings in the United States to enroll...
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Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy

Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (Third Edition)

Martha Polovich
MiKaela Olsen
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9781635930054

As an oncology nurse, you have a daily responsibility for preparing and administering drugs used in the treatment of cancer. These hazardous drugs can alter DNA or affect other intracellular processes that interfere with cancer cell growth. For patients with cancer, the benefits of treatment...

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Immunotherapy Administration: Oncology Nursing Society Recommendations

Kathleen Wiley
Kristine B. LeFebvre
Lisa Wall
Abigail Baldwin-Medsker
Kim Nguyen
Lisa Marsh
Diane Baniewicz
CJON 2017, 21(2), 5-7 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.S2.5-7
As the use of immunotherapeutic agents increases in single-agent and multimodality treatment regimens, oncology nurses face the challenge of administering and caring for patients receiving new and unique agents. Oncology Nursing Society clinical staff and clinical nurses collaborated to produce a...
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Hazardous Drugs and USP <800>: Implications for Nurses

Seth Eisenberg
CJON 2017, 21(2), 179-187 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.179-187
Background: Although guidelines for the safe handling of hazardous drugs (HDs) have existed for several decades, they have not been enforceable by state or federal agencies. USP <800>, the latest chapter issued by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, expands on existing guidelines and provides...
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