Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs (ADs) handling and administration is one of the main risks in the healthcare sector. Dermal absorption represents the primary route of exposure to ADs. Personal preventive equipment, especially medical gloves, is crucial to safeguard the workers health in ADs handling; thus, chemicals permeating through protective materials is an essential aspect to estimate and consider. Several studies on permeation through medical gloves reported that breakthrough time and permeation rate are the values that must be studied, obser-ving that physical-chemical properties of drugs, PPE materials and thickness, and temperature are crucial features to estimate them. In the European Union, standardized permeation testing is not mandatory for gloves used in ADs manipulation, in contrast with the United States, that proposed stringent requirements in the American Society of Testing and Materials International standard D6978-05. This review would help identify the main characteristics of the best protective glove used by employees frequently exposed to ADs: the major aspects implicated in permeation, reported in the literature, are listed and discussed.

AN UPDATE ON PERMEATION OF PROTECTIVE MEDICAL GLOVES BY ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS / Dugheri S.; Mucci N.; Mini E.; Cappelli G.; Bucaletti E.; Squillaci D.; Trevisani L.; Arcangeli G.. - In: SIGURNOST. - ISSN 0350-6886. - ELETTRONICO. - 64:(2022), pp. 341-357. [10.31306/s.64.4.2]

AN UPDATE ON PERMEATION OF PROTECTIVE MEDICAL GLOVES BY ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS

Dugheri S.;Mucci N.;Mini E.;Cappelli G.;Bucaletti E.;Squillaci D.;Trevisani L.;Arcangeli G.
2022

Abstract

Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs (ADs) handling and administration is one of the main risks in the healthcare sector. Dermal absorption represents the primary route of exposure to ADs. Personal preventive equipment, especially medical gloves, is crucial to safeguard the workers health in ADs handling; thus, chemicals permeating through protective materials is an essential aspect to estimate and consider. Several studies on permeation through medical gloves reported that breakthrough time and permeation rate are the values that must be studied, obser-ving that physical-chemical properties of drugs, PPE materials and thickness, and temperature are crucial features to estimate them. In the European Union, standardized permeation testing is not mandatory for gloves used in ADs manipulation, in contrast with the United States, that proposed stringent requirements in the American Society of Testing and Materials International standard D6978-05. This review would help identify the main characteristics of the best protective glove used by employees frequently exposed to ADs: the major aspects implicated in permeation, reported in the literature, are listed and discussed.
2022
64
341
357
Dugheri S.; Mucci N.; Mini E.; Cappelli G.; Bucaletti E.; Squillaci D.; Trevisani L.; Arcangeli G.
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