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'Safety In The Clinical Use of Cytotoxics' aims to provide healthcare professionals with a basic understanding of the principles of chemotherapy and the health and safety aspects of the clinical use of cytotoxic agents.
Following incidents in mis-administration of chemotherapy, this program was developed as a training aid for junior doctors. It has, however, been found useful as a training programme for many healthcare professionals including doctors, pharmacists, technicians and nurses working with cytotoxics. By working through the interactive modules a basic training is available designed to improve the practitioner's skills.
The package covers many aspects of cytotoxic chemotherapy including methods of administration, safe handling of cytotoxic drugs and extravasation. Throughout the package, there is an emphasis on patient and practitioner safety.
The package also contains an activity discussing the European Parliament’s set of recommendations "Preventing occupational exposure to cytotoxic and other hazardous drugs. European Policy Recommendations" (published in 2016). The activity covers many issues including the increasing use of cytotoxic drugs, health hazards associated with cytotoxic drugs, who is at risk of exposure, where and how exposure can occur, the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP) hierarchical order of protection to exposure, and methods to prevent or reduce occupational exposure.
In addition to the teaching material, the package contains a large amount of background information - including information and monographs for individual anti-cancer drugs and an emetogenicity chart.
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