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Many pharmaceuticals have a high toxic potential and serve side effects. This must be
considered not only for patients, but also for persons handling substances like cytostatic
drugs, antibiotics, immunosuppressors and hormones (doctors, pharmacists, nurses etc.).
Even though improved regulations on handling of CMR pharmaceuticals, environmental
contaminations at hospitals, pharmacies and other health care centers were often observed.
An efficient monitoring offers the possibility of evaluating the exposition level,
identifying weak points, recognizing and suggesting strategies for improvement of
precautionary measures and working methods when handling antineoplastic drugs and other
dangerous pharmaceuticals. The basis for improving and evaluating efficiency is a regular
monitoring which is planed thoroughly.
Next to prevention, also effective decontamination and cleaning management, technical and
personnel protection equipment is necessary. This involves a regular training of the
employees to achieve a high level of occupational health and safety.
Within the framework of commercial and research projects IUTA has developed the registered
trade mark PharmaMonitor® with the three services Analysis,
Cleaning & Training.
The Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA)
offers an innovative
training for prevention of contaminations and improvement of occupational safety during
handling of cytostatic drugs, evaluation of effective cleaning procedures and occupational
monitoring.
In the field of cytostatic wipe sample analysis (analysis) IUTA cooperates with the company
Berner International GmbH in Elmshorn, Germany. You can order the cytostatic wipe sample set
PharmaMonitor from Berner International, with which surface contaminations can be verified
quickly and easily.
Online-order of wipe sample kits
Monitoring-Effect Study of Wipe Sampling in Pharmacies
The MEWIP study was initiated and supported by the Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance
and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW). The study was done in cooperation with
IMSIE and IfAP e.V. Cologne.
Further information...[in German]
Financial support of this project by: