An iv room technician was drawing up 2.5 ml from a vial of cytarabine using the phaseal closed-system transfer device (vial was capped w/phaseal o14 protector using the phaseal assembly fixture).When the technician tapped the syringe to remove air bubbles, drips of chemo from the vial splattered around the hoods and the drug started streaming profusely down the technician's (gloved) hand.Technician seated leaking drug vial w/attached syringe in a bag and disposed of it.Chemo spill in hood warranted a deep cleaning of the hood with appropriate deactivating agents.Technician also had to change her chemo gown and sterile cover-alls, as a few drips of the drug flew under the sash of the hood and landed on her.This incident was a failure of the phaseal closed-system transfer device that resulted in far more chemo exposure to the technician and chemo contamination of the hood than would traditional mixing practices (sans-cstd).
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