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Are paediatric nurses at risk of harm from dosage form manipulation practices and administration of hazardous medicines?

2026-05-19

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<b>Background: </b>Nurses are at risk of occupational exposure to hazardous medicines (HM) during enteral administration. While prevention strategies typically focus on cytotoxic agents, HM also include antibiotics, anticonvulsants, hormones, and cardiovascular medicines. In paediatric settings, risks may be amplified due to the frequent manipulation of adult dosage forms in the absence of paediatric-specific form...

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Literature Corpus work: 89be8f9d-4157-5aee-a4ea-95e1807abff9
DOI: 10.22541/authorea.15003592/v1

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