An intervention to evaluate & improve handling of cancer drugs in a tertiary care hospital in India

Amongst the main stakeholders associated with cancer chemotherapeutic drugs in the hospital (i.e. nursing staff, housekeeping staff and patients and their attendants), 110 consented to participate in the study. Post-intervention, the total score of the nurses increased to 446 with a mean score of 17.84 per nurse. [...]the results showed a significant improvement in the practice and knowledge level of the nurses in the post-intervention phase (P=0.001) [Table 1]. [...]the study findings could not be applied to all the health professionals in the healthcare setting. [...]studies of similar kind should be conducted among all treatment areas and various cancer chemotherapy centres so as to improve knowledge, awareness and practice of cancer drug management.