[Use of personal protective equipment under occupational exposure to cytostatics].

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:A growing number of cancer cases enhances the usage of cytostatic agents and thereby contributes to the increase in the number of health care workers occupationally exposed to cytostatics. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This article presents the results of the survey aimed at obtaining data on the reduction of occupational exposure through using personal protective equipment by the medical and pharmaceutical personnel involved in handling cytostatics. The questionnaires were sent by mail or e-mail to oncology hospitals and pharmacies preparing cytostatic drugs. Responses were received from 94 people employed in these workplaces. The main questions concerned the forms of cytostatics; job activities; types of personal protective equipment used and working time under exposure to cytotoxic drugs. RESULTS:The majority (over 90%) of the healthcare personnel declared the use of personal protective equipment when working under conditions of exposure to cytostatic drugs. Depending on the type of protection, 15-35% of people reported that the most frequent time of their single use of the apron, the overalls, the gloves, the cap, the goggles or the respirators did not exceed few minutes. Gloves were changed most frequently. However, half of the responses indicated that the time after which the respondents removed protection equipment greatly differed. CONCLUSIONS:Almost the whole group of respondents applied personal protective equipment when working under exposure to cytostatics. However, personal protective equipment was not used every time in case of exposure. The medical and pharmaceutical staff worked under exposure to cytostatics for a few or even dozen hours during the working day. Med Pr 2016;67(4):499-508. WSTĘP:Ze względu na zwiększającą się liczbę zachorowań na choroby nowotworowe coraz powszechniej stosowane są leki cytostatyczne, w czego wyniku coraz więcej pracowników ochrony zdrowia jest narażonych na cytostatyki podczas wykonywania czynności zawodowych. MATERIAŁ I METODY:W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań ankietowych, których celem było uzyskanie danych dotyczących sposobów zmniejszania za pomocą środków ochrony indywidualnej narażenia zawodowego na cytostatyki personelu medycznego i farmaceutycznego. Ankiety rozesłano pocztą lub drogą elektroniczną do oddziałów onkologicznych i aptek przygotowujących leki cytostatyczne. Odpowiedzi otrzymano od 94 osób zatrudnionych w tych miejscach pracy. Pytania dotyczyły m.in. postaci leków cytostatycznych, wykonywanych czynności, rodzajów używanych środków ochrony indywidualnej i czasu pracy w warunkach narażenia na cytostatyki. WYNIKI:Pracownicy ochrony zdrowia w zdecydowanej większości (ponad 90%) deklarowali, że stosują środki ochrony indywidualnej podczas prac w warunkach narażenia na cytostatyki. Czas jednorazowego stosowania fartucha, kombinezonu, rękawic, czepka, okularów lub półmaski wynosił najczęściej kilka minut. Stwierdziło tak, w zależności od rodzaju ochrony, 15–35% osób. Najczęściej zmieniano rękawice. Połowa odpowiedzi wskazywała, że ankietowani zdejmowali środki ochrony po bardzo różnym czasie. WNIOSKI:Prawie wszystkie badane osoby stosowały środki ochrony indywidualnej podczas pracy w warunkach narażenia na kontakt z cytostatykami. Środki ochrony indywidualnej nie były jednak stosowane za każdym razem. Personel medyczny i farmaceutyczny pracował w warunkach narażenia na cytostatyki przez kilka lub nawet kilkanaście godzin w ciągu dnia pracy. Med. Pr. 2016;67(4):499–508.

journal_name

Med Pr

journal_title

Medycyna pracy

authors

Krzemińska S,Pośniak M,Szewczyńska M

doi

10.13075/mp.5893.00323

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-01-01 00:00:00

pages

499-508

issue

4

eissn

0465-5893

issn

2353-1339

pii

61738

journal_volume

67

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