title: Safety procedures in clinical laboratories.
abstract: Five types of hazards encountered in the clinical laboratory and a list of safety procedures designed to avoid or minimize them are identified. The safety procedures are written in a precise and easy-to-follow manner so that they can be adopted and used in any clinical laboratory. Medical technology educators are encouraged to teach safety procedures and enforce them in the student laboratory.
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004560:Electricity; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011835:Radiation Protection; D012449:Safety; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control