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Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs in Home Infusion Therapy
In the acute care or outpatient setting, health care institutions are required to provide safe handling hazardous drugs (HDs) education. This much needed education is commonplace for the hospital, infusion, or clinic nurse. However, as more and more HDs are being administered in the home, home infusion nurses have expressed a disparity for education on safe handling in the home care setting. This session will discuss the modalities of exposure to HDs for home infusion nurses as caregivers including the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), chemotherapy spill prevention and cleanup, proper disposal of HDs, and methods to reduce HD exposure.
Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to define hazardous drugs (HDs), proper use and disposal of PPE, and steps to chemotherapy spill prevention.
Seth Eisenberg, RN, ASN, OCN®, BMTCN™
Professional Practice Coordinator, Infusion Services
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seth Eisenberg has been practicing in the field of oncology since 1983. His experience includes 35 years in bone marrow transplantation and 25 years in ambulatory oncology infusion. He has published numerous articles on chemotherapy and biotherapy, five book chapters, is as a contributing author to the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs, and has presented nationally and internationally at nursing and pharmacy conferences. He received the 2017 March of Dimes research advancement award, the 2018 ONS Susan Baird Excellence in Clinical Writing Award, and the 2021 ONS Distinguished Award for Consistent Contribution to Nursing Literature.
Christina Klein, MSN, RN, CRNI®, OCN
Christina Klein, MSN, RN, CRNI®, OCN, has been practicing for over 30 years, in a variety of care settings. She has been an oncology nurse for over 10 years and earned her OCN and CRNI® certifications in 2013. She obtained her MSN and certificate in Education in 2017 from Thomas Edison State University. She is currently the oncology Educator at Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia. Christina is also adjunct faculty at Community College of Philadelphia and continues to work part time as an outpatient infusion nurse.
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