Laboratory Safety

Safety in the laboratory.

Health, safety and environmental risk management in laboratory fields

Background: Research project risks are uncertain contingent events or situations that, if transpire, will have positive or negative effects on objectives of a project. The Management of Health and Safety at Work (MHSW) Regulations 1999 require all employers and the self-employed persons to assess the risks from their work on anyone who may be affected by their activities. Risk assessment is the...

Biological safety in the animal laboratory.

Clinical Laboratory Safety Data in Drug Studies

Clinical laboratory measurements are an integral component of most drug studies for two major reasons, firstly to act as an efficacy endpoint in monitoring the success or otherwise of therapy and secondly to ensure patient safety on any new drug or reformulation. The pharmaceutical industry rarely employs physicians and scientists with expertise in clinical laboratory medicine. As such, there i...

The laboratory approach to patient safety.

edical errors have a great impact on patient outcomes, since they can cause patients serious injury or even result in death. In 2000, in U.S. hospitals, medical errors were estimated to cause between 44,000 and 98,000 deaths annually, making preventable medical errors the eighth leading cause of death in the nation, with an estimated cost of $17 billion. Despite all efforts, it appears that the...