So I am still pretty new to Oncology. At my place of employment.......no nurses use chemo gloves to hang or take down chemo. Chemo bags are spiked within about a foot or two of the patient and then hung. The nurses wear regular gloves to do this. They do wear the chemo gloves to mix the drugs....but no gown....ever. One person, when she mixes chemo, will wear the chemo gloves..and slide them off only to reuse them again a few more times to mix that day. She will also answer a phone, type on all the computers and touch counters while she is mixing. I am new on this staff and the people doing this have been working in Oncology for years.
Is this common for protocals to be laxed after awhile? Do you think they have forgotten about contamination and how serious these drugs are that we are working with.
I am one of the newest on staff and I feel like taking a stand in our next meeting and asking that protocal be put in place and adheared to. Like no more spiking the bags anywhere near the patients! ANd wearing at least the chemo gloves to put up and take down.
Have ya'll seen this before?
Tell me how bad these practices are...
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This can't be an accredited hospital ;JCAHO or at least the state would have heads rolling! Nurses used to mix chemo decades ago under these circumstances. The hospital I work in doesn't even let the nurses spike the bags anymore. The pharmacy spikes and sends it up primed and double bagged, to further reduce potential exposure. I would not work under these circumstances. Anyone even overseeing this mess ???
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They show no concern for their employees at all.
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