Qld: Investigation launched into hospital drug handling

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2006
Qld: Investigation launched into hospital drug handling

Queensland Health has launched an investigation .. after specialist nurses at a Brisbane
hospital said they feared they've been exposed to a cancer risk .. because of outdated
safety measures.

The nurses at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital .. on Brisbane's southside .. were exposed
to toxic particles earlier this month .. while mixing a drug used in the treatment of
bladder cancer.

Queensland Nurses Union organiser BOB PARKER told the Sunday Mail the hospital's policies
and procedures for handling the drug were woefully inadequate.

Queensland Health has launched a statewide investigation to see if other hospitals
have been following the current safety protocol.

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KEYWORD: SAFETY (BRISBANE)

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