Cytotoxic Attack

Blog #21

• Consider your findings on your MSDS about the potential dangers associated with the chemical/product you looked up.
• Was the MSDS an adequate tool for worker to use to gain an understanding about the potential health risks and how to protect him/herself?
• I printed Finasteride as my substance; I thought this was a perfect choice, as my nursing students have been administering it, but learned that none of them knew about the risks.
• The MSDS that I printed had great warning, but they were not very clear as to the process. An example: under Eye /Face Protection it has to wear safety goggles or face shield. All equipment should have been tested and approved under appropriate standards, such as NIOSH(US). But I was looking for a warning, something to show my students what is harmful and why they need this.
• Consider tat the general public reads at a reading level at or below 6th grade, and that's if English is their first language. Was the MSDS
  
  
  still adequate?
• Some sections absolutely, but others no. It was written for the medical profession.  Using terms like EU standards, EN374, AnsellPro Sol-Vex; these are terms that most medical professionals will not be familiar with let alone a patient. So we today looked up everything independently  and our policies on our intranet for classification.
• I was also shocked not to read anything on Storage; definitely going to ask my educator about this and see how we can make some adjustments.