subject: Closed System Drug Transfer Devices are efficient safety systems [print this page] For safe handling of hazardous drugs, closed system drug transfer device was developed by the healthcare organizations. These are the safety equipments that can be used in all types of drug related activities like the drug manufacture, monitoring, handling, administration, transport, distribution, disposal, storage and waste treatment. The key job of closed system drug transfer device is to minimize the risks of exposures to hazardous drugs.
According to different studies, the healthcare workers engaged in handling of drugs are the major victims of these harmful drugs. The health hazards caused to these workers include skin and eye irritation, respiratory and reproductive disorders, congenital malformations, chromosomal aberrations, infertility, spontaneous abortions, loss of eyesight, leukemia and even cancer. All these health hazards are caused due to the contamination of the surroundings and the workplaces. Hence, the contaminations should be avoided.
The useful medicines are made of cytotoxic and antineoplastic agents that are highly lethal. Exposures to these noxious agents can be caused by aerosols, vapors, spills, leaks and needle stick injuries. Against the dripping of medicine fluids and escape of the chemical vapors and aerosols, the traditional equipments are not very effective. Hence scientists have developed closed system drug transfer device that are highly efficient.
These devices are airtight and leak proof. Hence, it does not allow the contaminations to escape from the system and also the outer contaminations to enter into the system. Thus the chances of drips, spills, leaks and escape of aerosols are reduced. Hence, it is totally contamination free. All these safety equipments are highly effective in reducing the chances of exposures to noxious drugs and hence save the mankind from the disastrous clutches of all the perilous drugs.
Closed System Drug Transfer Devices are efficient safety systems
