ReviewWorkplace health & safety2023
The Factors That Influence Chemotherapy Exposure Among Nurses: An Integrative Review.
Review in Workplace health & safety, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Global Cancer Nurse's Experiences and Perceptions of Potential Occupational Exposure to Cytotoxic Drugs: Mixed Method Systematic Review With Framework Synthesis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2024Pooled it
- Relationship Between Occupational Characteristics and Telomere Length in Female Nurses Aged 20-39 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Patterns of Chemotherapy Exposure and Adherence to Safety Practices Among Nurses: A Pilot Descriptive Study.Journal of nursing education and practice · 2026Article
- Factors Influencing the Use of Personal Protective Equipment in the Handling of Chemotherapy Drugs Among Nursing Staff in Cancer Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- Artificial Intelligence-Driven Strategies for Targeted Delivery and Enhanced Stability of RNA-Based Lipid Nanoparticle Cancer Vaccines.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Nurses' and midwives' knowledge and safe-handling practices related to hazardous drugs: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Psychometric Testing of the Revised Oncology Nurses Health Behaviors Determinants Scale.Western journal of nursing research · 2025Article
- Competency of Oncology Nurses in the Safe Handling of Chemotherapeutic Drugs.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the oncology nurses health behaviors determinants scale: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to chemotherapy is an occupational hazard predisposing nurses to severe health effects. The purpose of this integrative review was to identify the recent literature describing the risk factors for occupational exposure to chemotherapy among nurses.
methodsThe Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses methodology was employed to conduct the review. The databases searched were Scopus, PubMed, and CINAHL using the search terms "chemotherapy," "drugs," "exposure," and "nurses." Included articles were published between January 2010 and February 2022, published in peer-reviewed journals for research conducted in the United States, and written in English language. Excluded articles were studies that did not involve nurses in their samples. Review articles, books, theses, and dissertations were excluded as well. The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model was used to assess the level of evidence from the reviewed studies.
findingsFourteen studies were included in this review. Ten studies were rated on Evidence Level III, two on Evidence Level II, one on Evidence Level I, and one on Evidence Level V. The main risk factors for occupational exposure were nurses' knowledge of chemotherapy handling guidelines, nurses' adherence to using the personal protective equipment, nurses' health beliefs regarding chemotherapy exposure, and workplace-related factors such as workload and managerial support.
conclusionAddressing the identified risk factors would protect nurses from chemotherapy exposure. More research on nurses' health beliefs regarding chemotherapy exposure and the cues to adhere to chemotherapy handling guidelines in the work environment is needed.
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