Patient Safety & Quality AssuranceQuestion 77 of 100
A technician is assigned to prepare an intravenous dose of a hazardous antineoplastic drug. Which combination of personal protective equipment and engineering control is required?
a.One pair of examination gloves and a cloth lab coat, working in a horizontal laminar airflow bench
b.Two pairs of chemotherapy-rated gloves and a disposable low-permeability gown, working in a negative-pressure containment device
c.Sterile gloves and a surgical mask only, working at an open bench with a portable fume extractor
d.Chemotherapy gloves with no gown, working in a positive-pressure clean bench
Explanation
Hazardous drug compounding requires double chemotherapy-rated gloves and a closed-front, low-permeability disposable gown inside a containment primary engineering control that keeps airflow moving inward and vents appropriately, protecting the preparer as well as the preparation. A horizontal or positive-pressure clean bench blows air outward toward the operator, and examination gloves, cloth coats or a mask alone provide no barrier against hazardous drug residue.
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