title: [Laboratory diagnosis: correlated health and environmental risks].
abstract: Method description and initial results of a study to assess risks to health sector workers and environment due to chemical agents used and waste products generated in diagnostic clinical chemical laboratories, and image diagnostic testing. A survey was conducted of the methods and agents used and their toxicological classification, the number of workers exposed and an analytical profile of the waste produced. The assessment of risk to workers was based on cytogenetic tests (chromosome aberrations and micronuclei); the assessment of environmental risk from waste disposal was based on tests on plant systems.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Igiene Ambientale, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petyx
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Materazzo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pilia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vitali
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabiani
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ranaldi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Owczarek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guidotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serva
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D008506:Medical Waste