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Evaluate oncology personnel's knowledge and practices regarding safe handling of cytotoxic and hazardous drugs.

Safe handling of cytotoxic and other hazardous drugs: Knowledge and practices among oncology staff in a teaching hospital

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Cross-sectional survey evaluates safe drug handling knowledge in oncology staff, suggesting significant practice gaps.

Evaluate oncology personnel's knowledge and practices regarding safe handling of cytotoxic and hazardous drugs.
Cross-sectional survey of 75 oncology staff, including pharmacists, nurses, and medical officers.
Data collection via structured, pretested questionnaire.
Analysis using descriptive statistics and linear regression with SPSS v20.
Mean knowledge score of 7.67 out of 10; high awareness of hand hygiene and worker protection.
Only 19% aware of glove variability; 15% knew that gowns cannot be reused.
Mean practice score of 7.24 out of 10; 15% touching cytotoxic tablets with bare hands.
High availability of gloves and aprons, but low for head and shoe covers.

Mensah et al. (2026) studied this question.

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