Description
This standard specifies requirements to establish and maintain a safe working environment in a medical laboratory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Contents | Page |
| Introduction | iv |
| 1 Scope | 1 |
| 2 Normative references | 1 |
| 3 Terms and definifitions | 2 |
| 4 Risk group classification | 5 |
| 5 Management requirements | 5 |
| 5.1 Management responsibilities | 5 |
| 5.2 Management of staff health | 6 |
| 6 Designing for safety | 6 |
| 6.1 Preliminary considerations | 6 |
| 6.2 General design requirements | 6 |
| 6.3 Physical conditions | 7 |
| 7 Staffing, procedures, documentation, inspection and records | 8 |
| 7.1 Laboratory Safety Officer | 8 |
| 7.2 Procedures | 8 |
| 7.3 Safety programme audits and inspection | 9 |
| 7.4 Safety manual | 10 |
| 7.5 Records | 10 |
| 8 Identification of hazards | 11 |
| 9 Reporting of incidents, injury, accidents and occupational illnesses | 12 |
| 10 Training | 12 |
| 11 Personnel responsibilities | 12 |
| 11.1 Food, drink and like substances | 12 |
| 11.2 Cosmetics, hair, beards and jewellery | 12 |
| 11.3 Immunization status | 13 |
| 11.4 Personal property | 13 |
| 11.5 Festive decorations | 13 |
| 12 Clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves, eye, face, foot and respiratory protection | 13 |
| 12.1 Protective clothing in the laboratory | 13 |
| 12.2 Protective clothing outside the laboratory | 14 |
| 12.3 Face and body protection | 14 |
| 12.4 Gloves | 14 |
| 12.5 Footwear | 15 |
| 12.6 Respiratory protection | 15 |
| 12.7 Handwashing | 15 |
| 12.8 Training | 16 |
| 12.9 Equipment | 16 |
| 12.10 Eyewash stations | 16 |
| 12.11 Emergency showers | 16 |
| 13 Good housekeeping practices | 17 |
| 14 Safe work practices | 17 |
| 14.1 Safe work practices with all material of biological origin | 17 |
| 14.2 Special requirements for working in microbiology laboratories | 18 |
| 15 Aerosols | 19 |
| 16 Microbiological safety cabinets, chemical safety hoods and cabinets | 19 |
| 17 Chemical safety | 19 |
| 17.1 Measures to avoid chemical contamination | 19 |
| 17.2 Emergency measures applicable when chemical contamination has occurred | 20 |
| 17.3 Discarded chemicals | 20 |
| 18 Radiation safety | 20 |
| 18.1 Radionuclides | 20 |
| 18.2 Radiation protection advisors, officers, and supervisors | 21 |
| 18.3 Workplace monitoring | 21 |
| 18.4 UV and laser light sources (including light from high-intensity sources) | 22 |
| 18.5 Microwave equipment | 22 |
| 19 Fire precautions | 22 |
| 19.1 Construction | 22 |
| 19.2 Secondary exits | 22 |
| 19.3 Alarm systems | 23 |
| 19.4 Fire risk reduction strategies | 23 |
| 19.5 Storage of flammable materials | 23 |
| 19.6 Fire safety training programmes | 24 |
| 19.7 Firefighting equipment | 24 |
| 20 Emergency evacuations | 24 |
| 21 Electrical equipment | 24 |
| 22 Transport of samples | 25 |
| 23 Waste disposal | 25 |
| Annex A (informative)Action-plan outline for implementation of this International Standard | 27 |
| Annex B (informative) Laboratory safety audit | 29 |
| Annex C (informative) Decontamination, cleaning and disinfection following a spillage | 39 |
| Bibliography | 41 |