Risk Management. The process of identifying, evaluating, and controlling risks as well as maintaining laboratory environmental health and safety. It is everyone’s obligation to reduce dangers posed by routine activity by employing safety precautions and examining the reagents’ purity.

Chemical Hazards: Possible contact with chemical risks can…[Read more]

Histopathology laboratory can be considered very hazardous because of the presence of chemicals, equipment, fire, etc. Hence, the hazards that are generally present in a histopathology laboratory are chemical, physical, electrical, and biological hazards.

– Chemical hazards occur during improper use and poor storage. The usual chemical in the…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

The risks associated with working in a histopathology laboratory include the following:
1. Chemical Hazards
– Working in a laboratory involves handling different kinds of chemicals to use as reagents, disinfectants, solvents, etc.
2. Physical Hazards
– These are hazards that occur mostly because of human error or mishaps. Such as slipping or…[Read more]