Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with Cyclophosphamide

Hazardous drugs (HD) traces are measured in most hospitals that perform environmental surveillance. Uncertainties exist regarding the cleaning agents and procedures needed to completely remove HD contamination The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of four cleaning solutions and two types of mop...

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Main Authors: Roland Christel, Adé Apolline, Ouellette-Frève Johann-François, Gagné Sébastien, Caron Nicolas, Bussières Jean-François
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-11-01
Series:Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/pthp-2017-0018
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spelling doaj-17a40453f03d4a51931662b72ed88d542021-10-02T19:15:07ZengDe GruyterPharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy2365-24112365-242X2017-11-01239910610.1515/pthp-2017-0018Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with CyclophosphamideRoland Christel0Adé Apolline1Ouellette-Frève Johann-François2Gagné Sébastien3Caron Nicolas4Bussières Jean-François5Pharmacy Practice Research Unit, Pharmacy department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, 3175, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaPharmacy Practice Research Unit, Pharmacy department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, 3175, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaPharmacy Practice Research Unit, Pharmacy department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, 3175, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaCentre de toxicologie du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec, QC, CanadaCentre de toxicologie du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Québec, QC, CanadaPharmacy Practice Research Unit, Pharmacy department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, 3175, chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1C5, CanadaHazardous drugs (HD) traces are measured in most hospitals that perform environmental surveillance. Uncertainties exist regarding the cleaning agents and procedures needed to completely remove HD contamination The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of four cleaning solutions and two types of mops in reducing contamination on a floor contaminated with a predetermined amount of cyclophosphamide (CP).https://doi.org/10.1515/pthp-2017-0018occupational exposuresurface contaminationcyclophosphamidecleaningantineoplastic drugshazardous drugs
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Adé Apolline
Ouellette-Frève Johann-François
Gagné Sébastien
Caron Nicolas
Bussières Jean-François
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Adé Apolline
Ouellette-Frève Johann-François
Gagné Sébastien
Caron Nicolas
Bussières Jean-François
Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with Cyclophosphamide
Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy
occupational exposure
surface contamination
cyclophosphamide
cleaning
antineoplastic drugs
hazardous drugs
author_facet Roland Christel
Adé Apolline
Ouellette-Frève Johann-François
Gagné Sébastien
Caron Nicolas
Bussières Jean-François
author_sort Roland Christel
title Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with Cyclophosphamide
title_short Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with Cyclophosphamide
title_full Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with Cyclophosphamide
title_fullStr Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with Cyclophosphamide
title_full_unstemmed Pilot Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Four Cleaning Solutions and Two Types of Mops in Delimited Areas of a Floor Contaminated with Cyclophosphamide
title_sort pilot study evaluating the efficacy of four cleaning solutions and two types of mops in delimited areas of a floor contaminated with cyclophosphamide
publisher De Gruyter
series Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy
issn 2365-2411
2365-242X
publishDate 2017-11-01
description Hazardous drugs (HD) traces are measured in most hospitals that perform environmental surveillance. Uncertainties exist regarding the cleaning agents and procedures needed to completely remove HD contamination The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of four cleaning solutions and two types of mops in reducing contamination on a floor contaminated with a predetermined amount of cyclophosphamide (CP).
topic occupational exposure
surface contamination
cyclophosphamide
cleaning
antineoplastic drugs
hazardous drugs
url https://doi.org/10.1515/pthp-2017-0018
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