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Strategies for preventing occupational exposure to potent compounds
Dean M Calhoun1, Angela B Coler, Joe L Nieusma
1Affygility Solutions, LLC, Broomfield, Colorado, USA. dcalhoun@affygility.com
Abstract:
Occupational exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients in a manufacturing or laboratory environmental can cause unintended health effects in workers handling these compounds. Occupational health professionals in the pharmaceutical industry have responded to this hazard recognition by employing strategies for the risk evaluation and management of potent APIs, otherwise known by the term 'potent compounds'. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the necessary strategy components for preventing occupational exposure to potent compounds.
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