Hazards in determining whether a drug is hazardous

What is it about?

The NIOSH list and evaluation criteria can help create a list of hazardous formulary drugs. However, we need further guiding principles to make the adoption feasible.

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Why is it important?

Our guiding principles are based on a separation of the inherent hazardous toxicity of a drug and the exposure risks of the drug. This allows practical adoption of a list of hazardous drugs without ad hoc deviation from the NIOSH evaluation criteria as proposed by other jurisdictions.