Do physiotherapists absorb chemo drugs from patients? new study investigates

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion criteria for individuals eligible for inclusion in the study: Being a state-certified physiotherapist or hold an equivalent qualification, Working in one of the healthcare departments selected for the study, Being a man or woman aged 18 or over, Having received information about the study and not expressed any opposition to participating in it Inclusion criteria for each physiotherapist observation visit as part of the internal contamination study: Perform at least one physiotherapy treatment during this visit that must meet all of the following five criteria: The physiotherapy treatment taken into account for this observation visit must be carried out in one of the healthcare departments selected for the study, This physiotherapy treatment being at least one of the following: massage and/or manual/lymphatic drainage and/or limb mobilisation and/or respiratory physiotherapy, This physiotherapy treatment being performed on a patient who has received intravenously at least one of the seven antineoplastic drugs studied, This physiotherapy treatment being performed within 4 to 72 hours of the start of intravenous administration of the antineoplastic drug(s) studied, This physiotherapy treatment is performed on a patient who is not in septic isolation and/or in a protected area. Inclusion criteria for each physiotherapist observation visit as part of the external contamination study: Perform at least one physiotherapy treatment during this visit that must meet all of the following five criteria: The physiotherapy treatment taken into account for this observation visit, must be carried out in one of the healthcare departments selected for the study, This physiotherapy treatment being at least one of the following: massage and/or manual/lymphatic drainage and/or limb mobilisation and/or respiratory physiotherapy, This physiotherapy treatment being performed on a patient who has received intravenously at least one of the twelve antineoplastic drugs studied, This physiotherapy treatment being performed within 4 to 72 hours of the start of intravenous administration of the antineoplastic drug(s) studied, This physiotherapy treatment is performed on a patient who is not in septic isolation and/or in a protected area. Exclusion Criteria: Being a physiotherapy student, Being treated with one of the 12 antineoplastic drugs studied during the study or having been treated with one of them in the 2 months prior to the start of the study, Having a person and/or animal in their household who has been treated with one of the 12 antineoplastic drugs during the study or in the 2 months prior to the start of the study. Physiotherapists who meet any of the following exclusion criteria for the observation visit will not be eligible for inclusion in the internal contamination assessment: Being assessed for the internal contamination on the same day as the external contamination assessment, Being treated with one of the seven antineoplastic drugs studied during the study or having been treated with one of them during the two months preceding the observation visit, Having a person and/or animal in their household who is being treated with one of the seven antineoplastic drugs during the study or in the two months prior to the observation visit. Exclusion criteria for each observation visit as part of the external contamination study Physiotherapists who meet any of the following exclusion criteria for the studied physiotherapy treatment cannot be included in the external contamination assessment: Being assessed for the external contamination on the same day as the internal contamination assessment, Performing this physiotherapy treatment while wearing a long-sleeved gown and/or long-sleeved overgown, Performing this physiotherapy treatment while using a cream and/or gel and/or oil, Being treated oneself with one of the 12 antineoplastic drugs studied during the study or having been treated with one of them during the 2 months preceding the physiotherapy treatment, Having a person and/or animal in their household who is being treated with one of the 12 antineoplastic drugs during the study or in the 2 months prior to the physiotherapy treatment.