Employer Responsibilities
Departments with employees who handle hazardous drugs on a regular basis must:
- Ensure employees follow the procedures in the hazardous drug safety and health plan.
- Develop additional written procedures as appropriate.
Employers must make sure all hazardous drugs are labeled properly.
- Ensure all hazardous drugs are labeled properly and safety data sheets are available for all drugs in liquid, powdered, and gaseous form.
- Develop a plan for cleaning up hazardous drug spills and provide spill kits to all areas where hazardous drugs are administered.
- Whenever possible, spills of liquid hazardous drugs will be handled by employees in the area of the spill.
Employee Responsibilities
Employees who handle hazardous drugs should:
- Comply with the procedures outlined in the plan and with department- or site-specific procedures related to handling hazardous drugs.
- Report any exposures (skin or eye contact or inhalation of an aerosol or dust) to their supervisors.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
1-7. Whenever possible, spills of liquid hazardous drugs will be handled by employees _____.
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