The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency that oversees research, data, and analysis on workplace hazards. They have looked into hazardous drugs that healthcare workers may be exposed to and categorized these compounds into three groups. Group 1 is antineoplastic drugs (roughly, chemotherapy medications). Group 2 is other drugs (not antineoplastic) that are hazardous, while Group 3 are drugs that may interrupt fertility in women or men or that may get into breast milk.
ado-trastuzumab emtansine afatinib altretamine amsacrine anastrozole arsenic trioxide axitinib azacitidine Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) belinostat bendamustine bexarotene bicalutimide bleomycin bortezomib bosutinib brentuximab vedotin busulfan cabozantinib capecitabine carfilzomib carboplatin carmustine chlorambucil cisplatin cladribine clofarabine crizotinib cyclophosphamide cytarabine dabrafenib dacarbazine dactinomycin dasatinib daunorubicin decitabine degarelix docetaxel doxorubicin enfortumab vedotin enzalutamide epirubicin eribulin erlotinib estramustine etoposide everolimus exemestane floxuridine fludarabine fluorouracil flutamide fulvestrant gemcitabine gemtuzumab ozogamicin goserelin histrelin hydroxyurea idarubicin ifosfamide imatinib inotuzumab ozogamicin irinotecan ixazomib ixabepilone letrozole leuprolide lomustine mechlorethamine megestrol melphalan mercaptopurine methotrexate mitomycin mitotane mitoxantrone nelarabine nilotinib omacetaxine oxaliplatin paclitaxel panobinostat pazopanib pemetrexed pentostatin pertuzumab pipobroman polatuzumab vedotin pomalidomide ponatinib pralatrexate procarbazine regorafenib romidepsin sacituzumab govitecan sorafenib streptozocin sunitinib tamoxifen temozolomide temsirolimus teniposide thioguanine thiotepa topotecan trabectedin trametinib trastuzumab deruxtecan trifluridine/tipiracil (combination only) triptorelin valrubicin vandetanib vemurafenib vinblastine vincristine vinorelbine vismodegib vorinostat ziv-aflibercept
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