The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention’s “Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings” is a new part of the National Formulary that describes standards—expectations for practice—for all aspects of handling and administering hazardous drugs (HDs). Some of the standards will...

Purpose: To update the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards and to highlight standards for pediatric oncology. Methods: The ASCO/ONS Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards were first published in 2009 and...

Background: All major hospital facilities in the state of Utah have employee vaccination policies. However, the presence of healthcare worker vaccination policies in outpatient oncology clinics was unknown. Objectives: The objectives of this article are to identify oncology outpatient employee...

In October 2015, the American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its evidence-based breast cancer screening guidelines for women at average risk for breast cancer. These guidelines introduced significant changes to the age to begin breast cancer screening, as well as the frequency between screenings and...