Sampling for airborne fluorouracil in a hospital drug preparation area.

@article{McDiarmid1986SamplingFA,
  title={Sampling for airborne fluorouracil in a hospital drug preparation area.},
  author={M A McDiarmid and T Egan and M M Furio and Martin Bonacci and S R Watts},
  journal={American journal of hospital pharmacy},
  year={1986},
  volume={43 8},
  pages={
          1942-5
        }
}
Fluorouracil content was studied in air samples from a hospital pharmacy work area where a vertical laminar-airflow biological safety cabinet (BSC) vented into the work area was used for the preparation of antineoplastic drugs. The BSC was run 24 hours per day and used approximately 6 hours per day. During one 56-hour period and one 95-hour period, a portable pump delivering room air at 2 L/min was positioned 12 inches outside the BSC. Fluorouracil content in extracts from 0.5-micron Teflon… 
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