Cytotoxic precautions at home
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams37335
Nova Scotia Health. Nova Scotia Cell Therapy and Transplant Program.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 4037
- Available Online
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You are being treated with a cancer treatment that is cytotoxic. This means it can kill cancer cells and can harm healthy cells. This booklet describes what you, your family, friends and caregivers need to know about cytotoxic precautions. These precautions are used to keep your family members, friends and caregivers safe while you are taking your cancer treatment. This pamphlet explains what cytotoxic precautions are, what body fluids are cytotoxic, how to handle your body wastes, what to do …
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health. Nova Scotia Cell Therapy and Transplant Program
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (5 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - drug therapy
- Patient Safety
- Cytotoxins--toxicity
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cancer--Chemotherapy
- Patient safety
- Specialty
- Cancer Care
- Medications
- Abstract
- You are being treated with a cancer treatment that is cytotoxic. This means it can kill cancer cells and can harm healthy cells. This booklet describes what you, your family, friends and caregivers need to know about cytotoxic precautions. These precautions are used to keep your family members, friends and caregivers safe while you are taking your cancer treatment. This pamphlet explains what cytotoxic precautions are, what body fluids are cytotoxic, how to handle your body wastes, what to do if your body wastes spill and what to do with the garbage. Information about dishes, laundry, sex, having a baby, breastfeeding, and how to bring samples to the hospital is included.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Nova Scotia Cell Therapy and Transplant Program
- Pamphlet Number
- 4037
