The federal government has just adopted a requirement regarding the handling and exposure of chemotherapy agents. As a supervisor of an oncology unit, why do you believe that you do not need to take action?
A) The state in which you live has another policy that is more restrictive than the federal policy.
B) Your director of nurses told you to ignore the policy.
C) You do not think it will be a problem because your nurses are careful when using chemotherapy agents.
D) Your state has its own policy, which is less restrictive but supersedes the federal policy.
A
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