Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs
Hon CY, Barzan C, Astrakianakis G. Identification of Knowledge Gaps Regarding Healthcare Workers’ Exposure to Antineoplastic Drugs: Review of Literature, North America versus Europe. Safety and Health at work, 2015 December; 5(4)169-174. (link to abstract)
Chua P, Danyluk Q, Examining factors that influence the effectiveness of cleaning antineoplastic drugs from drug preparation surfaces: A pilot study. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, 2014 June; 20(3):210-216. (link to abstract)
Chu W,Hon CY, Danyluk Q, Chua P, Astrakianakis G . Pilot Evaluation of the Dermal Contamination Levels to Antineoplastic Drugs of Pharmacy Personnel in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 2012 March;18(1):46-51.(link to PubMed abstract)
Chu WC, Hon CY, Danyluk Q, Chua PPS, Astrakianakis G. Pilot assessment of the antineoplastic drug contamination levels in British Columbian hospitals pre- and post-cleaning. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice (e-pub) July 7,2011. (link to abstract)
Development of Analytical Tools To Investigate Aerosolized Cytotoxic Drugs. Final Report to WorkSafeBC (7/2010). (link to WorkSafeBC report)
Detailed toxicology profile reports on two antineoplastic drugs in healthcare settings are available here: cyclophosphamide and methotrexate. (click on the desired chemical report)
Safety Needle Project
Stringer B, Astrakianakis G, Haines T, Kamsteeg K, Tang T,Danyluk Q Ciconte R, Kaboli F. The Use of Conventional and Safety Engineered Sharp Needles and Other Devices in Six B.C. Hospitals. American Journal of Infection Control 2011 Nov;39(9):738-45. Epub 2011 Jun 22 (link to article)
Alamgir H, Cvitkovich Y, Astrakianakis G, Yu S, Yassi A. Needlestick and other potential blood and body fluid (BBF) exposures among healthcare workers in British Columbia, Canada. Am J Inf Control 2008 36 (1) pp.12-21. (link to PubMed abstract)
Stringer B, Astrakianakis G, Haines T. Increasing sharp safety device use in healthcare: a semi-structured interview study. Contemporary Nurse Journal. 2013; 44(2):144-155. (link to article)
Safety Engineered Medical Devices Activation Study –The BC Experience. Final Report to WorksafeBC (02/2013). (link to WorksafeBC report)
Noise and Stress
Acoustical Environments in VCH Health-Care Facilities, Phase 1: Measurement Tools and Pilot Studies Final Report to WorkSafeBC (12/2010). Hodgson, Sbihi, Astrakianakis, Ratner. (link to WorkSafeBC report)
Exposure to Chemicals
Detailed toxicology profile reports on six chemical agents/ drugs in healthcare settings are available here: formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, acetone and lead. (click on the desired chemical report)
Cancer Cluster Investigation within the Mission Memorial Hospital, Final Report. Astrakianakis (03/2006) (link to report)
Occupational Asthma Risk in Health Care Related to Hospital Cleaning Products
Hospital cleaning products & asthma – What you should know (link to brochure) (link to poster)
Conference presentations:
- Noise-Induced Stress among Primary Care Workers in Long Term Care Facilities in British Columbia, Canada. EPICOH, June 2014, Chicago,
United States. G Astrakianakis, Y Chow, M Hodgson, M Haddock and P Ratner. - Does outsourcing have an impact on the occupational health and safety of the hospital support service workers? an analysis of rates of injuries days lost, and injury costs?. Outsourcing Labour and Occupational Health: A Study among Cleaners and Food Service Workers in the Healthcare Sector. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exhibition 2014, San Antonio, Texas, 2014. Siganporia P* (Trainee) Astrakianakis G (Senior Author, Trainee supervisor) Koehoorn M, Ostry A, Nicol AM, Alamgir H.
- Identifying potential gaps in the control of dermal exposure to antineoplastic drugs among healthcare workers. OEESC, June 2013: Occupational and Environmental Exposures of Skin to Chemicals [the results of a recent investigation which includes task observations to identify specific high risk activities that might contribute to surface contamination in Oncology], Amsterdam, Netherlands. Astrakianakis G (PI) Jarus-Hakak A* (HTI), Hon CY.
- Occupational Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Antineoplastic Drugs in Acute Care Settings. EPICOH , June 2013: 23rd Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health, Utrecht, Netherlands. Astrakianakis, G Jarus-Hakak, A Hon, CY.
- X2012, 7th International Conference on the science of Exposure Assessment, Edinburgh, UK. July 2nd 2012.
- Measuring the psychologicaland physiological effects of acoustical environments on nurses in British Columbia healthcare facilities. George Astrakianakis
- CARWH (Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health), Vancouver, BC. June 1st 2012: Please click on the title to see the abstract
- What might Increase influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers? George Astrakianakis, Eleanor Murray, Phyllis Stoffman, Karen Ngan, Sharla Drebit, Carole Taylor
- British Columbia’s outsourced hospital workers: An occupational health and safety perspective Pearl Siganporia, George Astrakianakis, Mieke Koehoorn, Anne-Marie Nicol, Aleck Ostry, Hasanat Alamgir
- Nurses’ exposures to antineoplastic drugs in Canada and risk assessment of lifetime cancer incidence Avital Jarus-Hakak, Sharla Drebit, Chun-Yip Hon, Anne-Marie Nicol, George Astrakianakis
- ICOH – 30th International Congress on Occupational Health, Cancun, Mexico. March 20th, 2012. Abstract available at: http://icoh.confex.com/icoh/2012/webprogram/Paper8214.html
- A semi-structured interview study on the use of re-engineered sharp safety devices in 6 Canadian hospitals George Astrakianakis, Bernadette Stringer, Ted Haines, Ken Kamsteeg, Rita Ciconte, Tanya Tang
