Carelessness can result in various degrees of risk from exposure to the product being used. Risk is the chance of being harmed or suffering loss. The person handling the drugs assumes risk each time an animal is given a treatment. Information about the potential human health hazards appears on the product label. For health and safety reasons, obey the details of these statements.
Dermal exposure refers to contamination of the skin with the product.
Injectable prostaglandins spilled onto the skin pose a unique risk to pregnant women. Eye contamination is another form of dermal exposure. The common ways of eye contamination are from wiping your eyes with contaminated hands or from blow-backs. The needle becomes blocked either prior to placing the needle into the injection site or during the introduction of the needle through the skin, or the needle is improperly attached to the syringe. In all cases, when pressure is placed on the syringe, the medication sprays back into the face of the operator.