Safety in Clinical

Laboratory
Is as simple as ABC

How can I help you be safer today?

SAFETY STANDARDS & GOVERNING

AGENCIES

OSHA
CLSI
CDC
BHFS

 .ensure safe and

healthful working
conditions for
every worker.
Chemical hygiene
Plan and MSDS
PPE

Chemical Hygiene Plan

Core of the OSHA
safety standard.

Chemical Hygiene Plan

Material Safety Data Sheets

is a document that
contains information
on the potential
hazards (health,
fire, reactivity and
environmental) and
how to work safely
with the chemical
product.

Personal Protective Equipment

what you work with can make you sick

Going to the Lab?

Dress for the
occasion

masks

goggles

Lab. Gown

Lab. gloves

80% of all infectious diseases are transmitted by

hand.

Handwashing
71%, say
they
practice
good hand
hygiene
On average, you
come contact
with 300
surfaces every
30 minutes,
exposing you to
840,000 germs

Yet..

58% have
witnessed
others leaving
bathroom
without
washing their
hands

MORE THAN
HALF, do not
wash their
hands after
handling
money

Decontamination of Work
surfaces, equipment & spills

Hypochlorites most widely used chlorine

disinfectants.

5.25-6.15%
Sodium
hypochlorite (liquid)
calcium
hypochlorite (solid)

Sodium hypochlorite

Laboratory Hazards

Chemical Hazards
Electrical hazards
Fire hazards
Glassware hazards

Fire Hazards

 promotes the
development
and use of
voluntary
laboratory
consensus
standards and
guidelines within
the health care
community.

Center of Disease Control and

Prevention(CDC)
.safety
precautions
concerning the
handling of all
patient specimen.
Standard
Precautions

BHFS
Bureau of Health Facilities and Services