By Marie Rosenthal
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) held a meeting today in Cincinnati to discuss a universal closed-system drug-transfer device (CSTD) testing protocol, which is being developed.
The new protocol will test both physical barrier systems, which block the intake of environmental contaminants or the unintended release of hazardous drugs into the environment; and air-cleaning systems, which clean or filter vapors to prevent the unintended release of