• Record Type:
    OSHA Notice
  • Current Directive Number:
    00-04 (TED 1)
  • Old Directive Number:
    TED 1 (00-04)
  • Title:
    Cancellation of PUB 8-1.1, Guidelines for Cytotoxic (Antineoplastic) Drugs, January 29, 1986.
  • Information Date:
Archive Notice - OSHA Archive

NOTICE: This is an OSHA Archive Document, and may no longer represent OSHA Policy. It is presented here as historical content, for research and review purposes only.

Notice



DIRECTIVE NUMBER: 00-04 (TED 1) EFFECTIVE DATE: June 21, 2000
SUBJECT: Cancellation of PUB 8-1.1, Guidelines for Cytotoxic (Antineoplastic) Drugs, January 29, 1986.

ABSTRACT

Purpose: This Notice corrects an omission when a chapter superseding OSHA Instruction PUB 8-1.1 was issued in the OSHA Technical Manual without a cancellation statement.
   
Scope: OSHA-wide
   
References: TED 1-0.15A, OSHA Technical Manual, January 20, 1999.

   
Cancellations: PUB 8-1.1, Guidelines for Cytotoxic (Antineoplastic) Drugs, January 29, 1986, is cancelled.
   
State Plan Impact: None.
   
Action Offices: None.
   
Originating Office: Directorate of Technical Support
Office of Occupational Medicine
   
Contact: Angela Presson, M.D., MPH
DTS, Office of Occupational Medicine
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-3457
Washington, DC 20210
202-693-2323

By and Under the Authority of
James Lemke
OSHA Directives Officer





  1. PURPOSE. This notice cancels OSHA Instruction PUB 8-1.1.

  2. SCOPE. This notice applies OSHA-wide.

  3. CANCELLATION. PUB 8-1.1, Guidelines for Cytotoxic (Antineoplastic) Drugs, January 29, 1986, is cancelled.

  4. REFERENCES.

    1. OSHA Instruction TED 1-0.15A, OSHA Technical Manual (OTM), January 20, 1999.

    2. CPL 2-2.20B CH-4, OSHA Technical Manual, April 14, 1995 (Cancelled).

  5. EXPIRATION DATE. This notice expires September 30, 2000.

  6. ACTION INFORMATION.

    1. RESPONSIBLE OFFICE. Office of Occupational Medicine.

    2. ACTION OFFICES. None

    3. INFORMATION OFFICES. All National Office Directorates and Regions, State Plan States, and Consultation Designees

  7. FEDERAL PROGRAM CHANGE. None. For State reference only.

  8. EXPLANATION.

    1. OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.20B, OSHA Technical Manual, added many chapters in its various Changes. CH-4 added Chapter 21, Controlling Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs. This chapter included updated information on Cytotoxic (Antineoplastic) Drugs. This chapter replaced OSHA Instruction PUB 8-1.1 whose information is obsolete but didn't cancel the instruction.

    2. The information in Chapter 21 was included when the OTM was revised. The latest revision of the OTM is OSHA Instruction TED 1-0.15A. Chapter 21 in CPL 2-2.20B was renumbered to Chapter 2. Controlling Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs in Section VI: Healthcare Facilities.