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August 22, 2019
4:00PM
Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs in Community Oncology Practices
Open to POHMS Active and Associate Members and their Staff
Register for USP 800 Webinar: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 4:00 pm
Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs in Community Oncology Practices
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the risks of working with hazardous drugs in the workplace
- Hazardous Drug Characteristics
- Review OSHA and USP 800 requirements:Personal Protective Equipment for Handling Hazardous Drugs
- Hazardous Drugs - Handling in Healthcare Settings
- Employee Competency
Presenter: Christine Roussel, PharmD, BCOP
Christine Roussel, PharmD, BCOP is a Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist with a Bachelors in Toxicology and Doctorate in Pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She is Director of Pharmacy at Doylestown Hospital (Pennsylvania), Adjunct Assistant Professor at USciences and facilitator/content author/consultant for Medisca/LP3 Network. On top of her day job of overseeing the clinical and operational aspects of patient care, she provides over 100 hours of education to pharmacists, physicians and nurses each year. Dr. Roussel focuses on occupational exposure to hazardous drugs, sterile/non-sterile compounding, clinical and legislative topics, such as medical cannabis, opioid stewardship, drug diversion prevention, pharmaceutical waste and contamination. She is a consultant for cleanroom facility design. She has authored articles on occupational exposure to hazardous drugs, as protecting healthcare providers’ DNA is her primary passion! Her most recent publication is: Meta-analysis of chromosomal aberrations as a biomarker of exposure in healthcare workers occupationally exposed to antineoplastic drugs. In 2018 she was nationally recognized as “40 Under 40 in Oncology”
She is active in many, many professional organizations including:
Delegate, American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy
President Elect, Pennsylvania Society of Health Systems Pharmacy
Board of Directors, International Society of Cannabis Pharmacists
American Industrial Hygiene Association
International Association of Compounding Pharmacy