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Used needles, lancets, blades, and other sharp devices (known as sharps) can cut or prick you. This can expose you to bloodborne germs. Take time to handle sharps safely.

The SDS gives information on hazardous substances in your work area. Here is an explanation of each section.

You can help prevent illness and injury by reading and understanding the container label for each hazardous substance that you use.

Chemotherapy can save or prolong the lives of cancer patients. But these medicines can also pose a hazard to healthcare staff. These tips can protect you.

You'll be trained on the hazards of chemicals that you work with. For your own benefit, follow safety guidelines.

If you have breast cancer, you will have many treatment choices. Your choices may include one or more types of adjuvant therapy. These are treatments used after surgery.

Several surgical procedures are used to treat breast cancer. The goal of each is to remove the cancer. Based on medical factors and your own feelings, you and your surgeon will decide which approach may be best for you.

Medicines can help you feel better and stay as healthy as you can. Take your medicines exactly as instructed. Never stop taking medicines or change dosage unless told to by your doctor, even if you feel better. Here are some capsule definitions of medicines that might be prescribed.

During a colostomy part of the colon (large intestine) is removed or disconnected. If the large intestine was diseased, it may be removed. If it was injured, it may be disconnected for a short time while it heals, then reconnected after a certain period of time.