Environmental assessment of cytotoxic drugs in healthcare settings: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Occupational exposure to cytotoxic drugs is associated with various unfavorable health outcomes. This protocol reports a methodology for a systematic review and meta-analysis that aims to systematically review the published literature and quantify the level of environmental contamination of healthcare settings with cytotoxic drugs.

Methods

This protocol is developed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocol-2015 (PRISMA-P) guidelines. Six electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and EMBASE) will be searched with no restrictions on publication period. Eligible studies will be identified and data will be extracted using a predefined data extraction form by at least two in

SUBMITTER: Al Alawi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574301 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature