Background Occupational exposure to hazardous drugs can decrease fertility and result in
miscarriages, stillbirths, and cancers in healthcare staff. Several recommended practices …

The potential for adverse health effects from occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs
(AD) is well known. Control measures recommended by the NIOSH Alert include medical …

In this paper, an aluminum-based metal–organic framework (MIL-53 (Al)-NH2) was
synthesized and employed as a well-known and efficient dispersive microsolid-phase …

Workplace exposure to antineoplastic drugs (AD) is still of evident concern to all
occupationally exposed persons in the healthcare sector as residues in relevant …

Abstract Highly sensitive ESI-LC–MS/MS methods were developed for urinary biological
monitoring of occupational exposure to cyclophosphamide (CP), ifosfamide (IF), and …

Many cytotoxic drugs have been shown to be mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic with
second malignancies known to be associated with several specific cancer drugs …

Background Anti-neoplastic agents are widely used in the treatment of cancer and some non-
neoplastic diseases. These drugs have been proved to be carcinogens, teratogens, and …

Although biological monitoring is beneficial as it assesses all possible routes of exposure,
urine sampling of healthcare workers exposed to hazardous drugs is currently not routine …

Background: Administration of doxorubicin via bolus injection may result in environmental
contamination and a risk of nurses becoming exposed. Small spills are frequently observed …

Fluorouracil (5-FU), a chemotherapeutic drug used to treat a variety of cancers, can enter the
environment through different routes, causing serious public health and environmental …