Analysis of a Questionnaire Survey regarding Current Conditions against Exposure to Anticancer Drugs and Reports of Cancer Chemotherapy at Outpatient Departments in Japan
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Background] Medical staff have many occasions to be exposed to anticancer drugs (ACDs) in the process of performing cancer chemotherapy. Although guidelines for the safe handling of ACDs have been published, actual measures against exposure to ACDs differ between hospitals, and no surveillance data regarding the conditions of each hospital in relation to performing cheHow to cite this paper: Shirakawa, T., Hara, T., Hata, K., Suetsugu, K., Kakimoto, H., Ogata, K., Ikari, Y., Sasaki, H., Takahashi, M., Fukahori, M., Uoi, M., Esaki, T., Hiraike, M., Hayashi, T., Tokunaga, A., Ureshino, N., Kuwamura, T., Kusaba, H., Mitsugi, K. and Baba, E. (2017) Analysis of a Questionnaire Survey regarding Current Conditions against Exposure to Anticancer DOI: 10.4236/pp.2017.85010 May 22, 2017
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