OSHA regulations require wearing gloves and a mask when handling urine, feces, blood, and vomit from chemotherapy patients.

Drug

from tissues actinomycin D

bleomycin

carboplatin

cisplatin

cyclophosphamine

cytosine arabinoside

doxorubicin

5 fluorouracil

DTIC

chlorambucil

melphalan

methotrexate

mitoxantrone

l-asparaginase

vincristine

Drug
In Urine?

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

minimal

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

no

minimal

In Urine?
In vomit/stool?

yes

questionable

no

minimal

questionable

no

yes

no

minimal

no

no

no

yes

no

yes

In vomit/stool?
Clearing time

36+ hours

less than 1 hour

2 - 3 hours

120+ hours

less than 72 hours

20 minutes

32+ hours

15 minutes

unknown

less than 12 hours

less than 12 hours

less than 10 hours

5 days

30 hours

24 hours

Clearing time
ALL of these drugs can be found in the blood

this list courtesy VIN.com



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