Antineoplastic Drugs and Safety Procedures for Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs

Antineoplastic drugs were introduced in the year 1940 to the medical field. The antineoplastic drugs contain toxic agents which are used in the manufacturing of medicines since it has been introduced in the field of medicine. These types of noxious substance are generic in nature so they affect both non-cancerous cells as well as cancerous cells. People who work in this profession and always engaged in handling these antineoplastic drugs are most likely to get effected by these harmful exposures. From medical test which are done on the staff and worker who are mainly engaged in various drug related activities has been proved that there is large quantity of toxic chemical are present in their body. These exposures to hazardous drugs can cause many health problem which includes short-terms and long-term health problems some it may lead to fatal also.

Antineoplastic drugs are considered to be hazardous drugs which contains toxic agents and causes many health problems like renal toxicity, pulmonary toxicity, and hematopoietictoxicity, cardio toxicity, dermal toxicity, immune toxicity, ototoxicity and severe injuries to tissues occurs due to this toxic drugs. These antineoplastic drugs and alkalizing agents are used mainly for the treatment of cancer. By using these hazardous drugs in medical field can save many lives of cancer patients it a boon for them but it also has dreadful effects with the exposures of hazardous drugs. These particular chemicals are called as experimental chemicals.

It has been found that if any patient’s uses these toxic agents for treatment have suffered from many other complications after finishing their treatment. The health problems contain various respiratory and reproductive disorders. Healthcare worker and other employees who works in this health care units and they are engaged in various drug related activities are most likely get more effected by these hazardous effects of antineoplastic drugs. Therefore safety measures are compulsory when handling these toxic drugs and by following safety procedures we can reduce the effects of exposures. These exposures are considered to be dreadful to the mankind and all living organisms become unhealthy. In the medical field all the worker and the employees who deal with these drugs on daily basis need to protect themselves by using these safety equipment and other safety measures compulsorily.