Table 3.
Results of wipe samples obtained from compounding with APOTECAchemo
| APOTECAchemo sample |
Day 1 (no of contaminated items) |
Day 2 (no of contaminated items) |
Day 3 (no of contaminated items) |
Day 4 (no of contaminated items) |
Day 5 (no of contaminated items) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loading area BC (n = 5) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Loading area AC (n = 5) | – | – | – | 1a (0.32 ng/cm2) | – | 1/5 |
| Compounding area BC (n = 5) | – | 1a (>2.25 ng/cm2) | 1a (0.67 ng/cm2) | 1a (>2.25 ng/cm2) | – | 3/5 |
| Compounding area AC (n = 5) | – | 1a (0.60 ng/cm2) | 1a (0.33 ng/cm2) | 1a (0.86 ng/cm2) | 1a (>2.25 ng/cm2) | 4/5 |
| Table BC (n = 5) | – | 1a (0.09 ng/cm2) | – | – | 1a (0.02 ng/cm2) | 2/5 |
| Table AC (n = 5) | – | – | – | – | 1a (0.02 ng/cm2) | 1/5 |
| Gloves (n = 19) | 1a (0.06) | – | – | – | – | 1/19 |
|
Day 1 (no of contaminated infusion bags) |
Day 2 (no of contaminated infusion bags) |
Day 3 (no of contaminated infusion bags) |
Day 4 (no of contaminated infusion bags) |
Day 5 (no of contaminated infusion bags) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dummy bags (n = 40) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5‐fluorouracil bags (n = 20) | 1a (0.04 ng/cm2) | – | – | – | – | 1/20 |
| Cyclophosphamide bags (n = 20) | – | – | 1a (12.5 ng/cm2) | 1a (0.125 ng/cm2) | – | 2/20 |
AC, after cleaning; BC, before cleaning.
a
Contaminated with cyclophosphamide