In a message dated 10/17/03 7:18:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> If the drugs were absorbable through skin or inhalation and
> there was no protection, I should think OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health
> Administration, in USA) should be involved, because there would seem to be
> dangers with chemotherapy drugs, whether or not you have cancer.  They are
> potent
>

I did a lit search yesterday to see what I could come up with on Medline.
Couldn't find anything specific to breastfeeding. (I'm assuming this expectant
mom is also sensitive to these meds possibly crossing the placenta?) There were
several refs discussing the development of guidelines and OSHA adoption and
studies showing significant differences in the amounts of such chemicals in
nurses who implemented guidelines vs. those that were not as careful. One
interesting and more recent abstract looked at nurses who handled these cytoxins and
there knowledge and implementation of such guidelines. As I recall the jnurses'
knowledge re: guidelines via testing was high but implementation in
(researcher observed) practice was significantly lower...

Karen

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