Selected Compliance and Industry News

NIOSH Publishes 2024 List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings — 2025-01-06

While the criteria for determining a hazardous drugs remains the same (carcinogenicity, developmental toxicity (including teratogenicity), reproductive toxicity, genotoxicity, organ toxicity at low doses, or a structure toxicity profile that mimics existing drugs determined to be hazardous, the tables have been reduced from three to two and the criteria for each table has therefore been revised. [ full text ]

Draft Guidance to Support Registration of Pre-saturated/Impregnated Antimicrobial Towelettes for Disinfection Claims — 2024-11-20

EPA released for public comment draft guidance to support registration and evaluation of efficacy claims for pre-saturated antimicrobial towelettes on hard non-porous surfaces such as stainless steel, metal, glass, etc. [ full text ]