{"id":530,"date":"2022-02-08T19:30:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T19:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/?page_id=530"},"modified":"2022-03-23T19:27:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T19:27:25","slug":"handling-oral-anti-cancer-medications-oacd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/?page_id=530","title":{"rendered":"Handling Oral Anti-Cancer Medications (OACD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please review the below link on safe handling of oral anti-cancer medications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/handling-OACD.pdf\">OCP &#8211; Safe handling of OACD<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/handling-OACD.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For a list of OACD, please follow the link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/docs\/2016-161\/\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/docs\/2016-161\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Process for Handling OACD<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Oral anticancer drugs are stored on a designated area , separate from nonhazardous drugs, and labelled as such.<\/li><li> Dedicated preparation equipment (i.e., counting trays) should be used to count oral anticancer drugs <\/li><li> Dispense them in original packaging if tablets are in individual unit dosing<\/li><li> Count and repackage tablets\/capsules in a manner that avoids skin contact, as well as minimizes aerosolization and cross-contamination of other drugs <\/li><li> Label oral anticancer drugs as \u201cdo not cut or crush.\u201d <\/li><li> The batch\/lot number, along with expiry date  should be documented on the hardcopy<\/li><li>Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) should be available and worn wherever oral anticancer drugs are handled<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please review the below link on safe handling of oral anti-cancer medications. For a list of OACD, please follow the link https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/niosh\/docs\/2016-161\/ Process for Handling OACD Oral anticancer drugs are stored on a designated area , separate from nonhazardous drugs,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/?page_id=530\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-530","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/530\/revisions\/603"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akron.duonglam.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}