Cytotoxic Drug Handling Practices Among Pharmacy Technicians in Portugal: The Dig Deeper Study
Cytotoxic drug handling practices in Portugal demonstrate satisfactory adherence to fundamental protective measures but reveal significant structural and organisational gaps related to workload management, environmental monitoring, and continuous training. The absence of unified national guidance contributes to variability across institutions. These findings highlight the need for greater standardisation of occupational safety practices.
Authors
- Ramona Mateos-Campos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-5761)
- Vítor Silva
- A. C. REIS
- Carolina Valeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9015-2259)
- Olívia R. Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-3134)
- Cristiano Matos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-1421)
- Cristiana Freitas
- João José Joaquim
Institutions
- Universidad de Salamanca (ES)
- European Health Management Association (BE)
- Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (PT)
- Universidade Politécnica de Bragança (PT)
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra (PT)
- Rede de Química e Tecnologia (PT)
- Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra Francisco Gentil (PT)
- Polytechnic Institute of Porto (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2026-04-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14070963
- Primary Topic
- Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00