Hierarchy of Controls

Martha Polovich
CJON 2004, 8(1), E9-E12. DOI:

This excerpt from the book Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs, edited by Martha Polovich, MN, RN, AOCN®, is part of a series of clinically relevant reprints that will appear periodically in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.

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