Guidelines & Directives

Evidence base for safe handling of hazardous drugs

Contamination along the Care Continuum

Interactive guide to the guidelines

This interactive pathway maps the key guidelines onto the various points of potential hazardous drug contamination in the hospital.

Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic substances Directive (CMRD)

Key Paper Evaluation

Updates to directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and European Council were appoved on 8 March 2022. This 2-pager summarises the updates which are set to be released this year.

Hazardous Drug Exposure – summary of the guidelines

Editorial article

Hazardous drug handling is a complex, interdisciplinary process that requires adherance to guidelines and recommendations. This editorial dicsusses the scope of some of the various available guidelines and the importance of keeping up to date with their changes.

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Author: Marta Trojniak

Compare how the “do’s and don’ts” of hazardous drug handling differ across Europe and discover how international directives could impact your working practice with this module. Watch Marta Trojniak introduce her updated module.