Chemotherapy: what you need to know about the safe handling of cytotoxic drugs
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Chemotherapy: what you need to know about the safe handling of cytotoxic drugs

Jennifer Trueland Health writer

Cytotoxic systemic anticancer therapy agents can be hazardous to nurses involved in their preparation or administration

While there is no doubt that chemotherapy drugs save lives, they can also pose risks to the nurses who handle them.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 20, 6, 12-14. doi: 10.7748/cnp.20.6.12.s6

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