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Jhoana Mae Eder posted an update 3 years, 3 months ago
In the book by Bruce-Gregorios, there are 3 main categories of hazards that have been identified. These hazards involve a probability of the risk or danger to be happened inside the histo-tech laboratory. These are: chemical, physical, or biological hazard.
For Chemical hazards:
– Both during usage and with improper storage, there is a risk of exposure to chemical hazards such as cleaners and disinfectants, medications, anesthetic gases, solvents, paints, and compressed gases. If chemicals are handled improperly or misused, there could be serious consequences.For Physical hazards:
– Slips, trips, and falls from working in damp conditions, as well as ergonomic risks from lifting, pushing, pulling, and repetitive jobs, pose the most visible physical risks. Electrical, mechanical, acoustic, or thermal dangers are additional physical risks that go unrecognized frequently. Neglecting these could have detrimental effects.Under the Physical hazard where Electrical hazards can be found:
– Workers may encounter electrical dangers in the lab, such as electric shock, electrocution, arc blasts, fires, and explosions. Electrical instruments, wiring, receptacles, and connector damage are some of the potential sources of electrical hazard exposures, as are unsafe work procedures.Lastly, Biological hazards:
– Medical technologists frequently confront biological dangers in laboratories as a result of specimens like blood that are to be evaluated.To add, I have found an online video regarding safety in the laboratory. With this simple video, we can be aware and prevent ourselves from laboratory accidents.
References:
Bruce-Gregorios, Jocelyn H. (2016). Chapter 1 Risk management and safety in the laboratory. Histopathologic techniques.Top Biochemistry. (2020). Lab hazards. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_FonZNnW0o
Lab hazards – YouTubeHow can you protect your self while staying at lab? Hazards of a laboratory are different but it can be summarized in this simple video. Safety roles at lab …-
The working conditions in laboratories have the great potential to be dangerous. Chemical, biological, physical, radioactive, and other possible risks are all present for laboratory employees and musculoskeletal strains. As a future medical laboratory scientist, we must always consider that every specimen we deal with inside the laboratory, it should be treated with the utmost caution; treat them as potentially infectious. It is necessary for us to be vigilant at all times and maintain a proper state of mind whenever we are inside working in the laboratory. This is to ensure safety at all times, and we can apply it not only inside the laboratory but also in our everyday life. Numerous laboratories have serious risks. Therefore, preventing laboratory accidents requires extreme caution and persistent watchfulness or caution.
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