Outlines the commitment of various government agencies to biotechnology industries in Australia. Includes statements from AusIndustry, Biotechnology Australia, Invest Australia.

This is a fully updated and revised edition of this handbook, with new sections covering the changing context of cancer care, quality and audit of services, loco-regional administration, and managing complications of chemotherapy. This text describes over 50 chemotherapeutic agents, cytokine and investigational drugs, in individual monographs. There is an expanded cytokines section, and a new section on adjuvant drugs. The text has been geared to changing demands, and takes account of the nature of pharmacists' involvement in drug administration in oncology. It also contains improvements which make it relevant to the international community.

Many Healthcare workers must deal on a daily basis with the transportation, preparation, storage, clean up, and disposal of cytotoxic drugs, which are used in chemotherapy because of their harmful effect on cancer cells. These drugs also have harmful effects on good cells, and they therefore pose a significant health risk to those who work with them. Yet there is little safety and health information available about them, and what information is available is scattered across a vast array of literature. The Safety and Health Handbook for Cytotoxic Drugs collects this information so that healthcare workers can better understand the drugs they work with and the safety and health procedures that should be followed. In it, author Samuel J. Murff presents comprehensive technical and procedural information on 106 of the most common cytotoxic drugs. The book provides guidance on quickly dealing with spills, reducing unnecessary exposure, and complying with pertinent regulations and standards in order to better equip healthcare workers to maintain a safe work environment.

"Extravasation of cytotoxic drugs can lead to serious complications during tumour therapy. This volume is intended as an aid to assess the situation quickly and conclusively should this emergency occur. The substance specific section of the book provides detailed instructions for how to deal with 49 cytotoxic agents so that targeted measures can be started at once. The general section provides comprehensive information on prevention, general measures to be taken in case of extravasation, specific antidotes, and documentation. For support during everyday clinical practice, the book is accompanied by a template for an extravasation kit, tables, documentation sheets, and patient information." "The book is the outcome of a consensus of an interdisciplinary working group that has collected and systematically reviewed all published literature on the topic. The practical instructions are accompanied by a review of the literature to enable readers to study source materials via the original published studies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Extravasation of cytotoxic drugs can lead to serious complications during tumour therapy. This volume is intended as an aid to assess the situation quickly and conclusively, should this emergency occur. The substance-specific section of the book provides detailed instructions on how to deal with 49 cytotoxic agents so that targeted measures can be started at once. The general section provides comprehensive information on prevention, general measures to be taken in case of extravasation, specific antidotes, and documentation. The book is the outcome of a consensus of an interdisciplinary working group that has collected and systematically reviewed all published literature on the topic.

Presentations need not be an ordeal. For medics and scientists they are an integral part of their professional working life determining how their work is perceived by peers students superiors potential employers and grant-awarding bodies. This book answers the commonest questions about scientific presentations and helps avoid the typical problems and pitfalls that may be encountered when making a presentation. Its numerous practical tips can be found whenever needed and applied immediately. Presenting in Biomedicine is an invaluable aid helping readers to prepare and carry out effective presentations confidently. Doctors medical students biomedical researchers and academics will find this book essential reading.

Primary Care Nursing Series All registered nurses are required to keep portfolios which demonstrate their competence in clinical practice in order to receive re-registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. In addition they are encouraged to seek individual annual appraisals which highlight their progress and areas the require development. This book provides examples and ideas on how to document learning competence performance or standards of service delivery. It takes an important clinical theme throughout providing key information on clinical management from the outset followed by structured examples of evidence of performance and application of learning in practice individualised for each clinical theme focussing on cardiovascular and neurological conditions. It explains how to gather evidence from clinical interactions and other aspects of daily work. All nurses working in primary care with an interest in chronic disease management especially those who are looking for a more 'first contact' work within their role will find this book valuable reading. For more information on other titles in this series please click here