Safety

Safe Management of Chemotherapy in the Home

Deborah K. Mayer

safety, chemotherapy
CJON 2014, 18(2), 161-162. DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.161-162

You are getting medicine used to treat cancer (chemotherapy, or "chemo"). You must be careful to make sure other people do not accidentally touch the drugs or your body waste for a time after treatment. This article teaches you and your family how to protect others from the chemotherapy and how to handle the waste from the chemotherapy in your home.

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