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BS ISO 15190:2020 Medical laboratories. Requirements for safety, 2020
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- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Designing for safety
- 4.1 Preliminary considerations
- 4.2 General design requirements
- 4.3 Laboratory security
- 4.3.1 General
- 4.3.2 Risk assessment and security program
- 4.3.3 Physical security
- 4.3.4 Inventory
- 4.3.5 Information management and security
- 4.3.6 Incident and emergency response
- 5 Safety management program
- 5.1 General considerations
- 5.2 Management requirements
- 5.3 Management responsibilities
- 5.3.1 General
- 5.3.2 Scientific manager
- 5.4 Management of staff health
- 5.4.1 General
- 5.4.2 Immunization
- 5.4.3 Psychological hazards
- 5.4.4 Employee impairment
- 5.5 Laboratory safety officer
- 5.6 Safety manual
- 5.7 Safety program audits and inspection
- 5.8 Records
- 5.8.1 General
- 5.8.2 Occupational health and safety, injury and adverse incident records
- 5.8.3 Hazardous waste records
- 5.9 Safety Training and orientation
- 5.9.1 Scope of personnel safety training
- 5.9.2 Safety Training programme
- 5.9.3 Fire prevention and control training
- 5.9.4 First aid training
- 6 Hazard identification and Risk Assessment
- 6.1 Hazard identification
- 6.2 Job hazard assessment
- 6.3 Risk assessment
- 6.4 Risk reduction
- 7 Biosafety and biosecurity hazards
- 7.1 General
- 7.1.1 Work Practices
- 7.1.2 Engineering controls
- 7.1.3 Administrative controls
- 7.1.4 Biosafety policies
- 7.2 Hazard groups
- 7.3 Containment levels
- 7.4 Aerosols
- 7.5 Decontamination
- 7.6 Standard precautions, routine practices and additional precautions
- 7.7 Biological safety cabinets
- 7.8 Biological spills
- 8 Chemical hazards
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 Chemical classification and labelling
- 8.2.1 Hazard identification and control
- 8.2.2 Safety data sheets
- 8.3 Toxic chemicals
- 8.4 Oxidizing and corrosive materials
- 8.4.1 Oxidizing materials
- 8.4.2 Corrosive materials
- 8.5 Chemical storage
- 8.5.1 General
- 8.5.2 Organization and segregation
- 8.6 Chemical spills
- 8.7 Chemical waste
- 9 Physical hazards
- 9.1 Compressed gases
- 9.2 Ventilation and indoor air quality
- 9.2.1 General
- 9.2.2 Chemical fume hoods
- 9.2.3 Canopy hoods
- 9.2.4 Slotted benches
- 9.2.5 Biological safety cabinets
- 9.3 Electrical
- 9.4 Radiation safety
- 9.4.1 Use of radionuclides
- 9.4.2 Radiation protection personnel
- 9.4.3 Workplace monitoring for ionizing radiation
- 9.5 Non-ionizing radiation
- 9.5.1 Ultraviolet and laser light sources
- 9.5.2 Microwave equipment
- 9.6 Temperature and humidity
- 9.7 Noise
- 9.8 Pressure
- 10 Emergency preparedness and response
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 First aid equipment and procedures
- 10.3 Eyewash facilities
- 10.3.1 General
- 10.3.2 Facilities
- 10.3.3 Water supply
- 10.4 Emergency/drench showers
- 10.5 Spill response
- 11 Fire safety
- 11.1 Fire prevention and control
- 11.1.1 Construction
- 11.1.2 Flammable material storage
- 11.1.3 Alarm systems
- 11.1.4 Fire risk reduction strategies
- 11.1.5 Fire prevention and training programs
- 11.1.6 Firefighting equipment
- 11.2 Emergency exits and evacuations/Egress
- 12 Laboratory ergonomics
- 13 Equipment safety
- 13.1 General considerations
- 13.2 Centrifuges
- 13.3 Water baths
- 13.4 Mixers, blenders, sonicators, grinders and lyophilizers
- 13.5 Pipettes and pipettors
- 13.6 Microscopes
- 13.7 Automated analysis equipment for sample examinations
- 13.8 Microtomes and cryostats
- 13.9 Mass spectrophotometers
- 13.10 Flow cytometers
- 14 Safe personnel work practices
- 14.1 Food, drink and like substances
- 14.2 Cosmetics, hair, jewellery
- 14.2.1 Cosmetics and contact lenses
- 14.2.2 Hair
- 14.2.3 Jewellery
- 14.3 Smoking
- 14.4 Personal property
- 14.4.1 General considerations
- 14.4.2 Personal electronic devices
- 14.5 Festive decorations
- 14.6 Hand hygiene
- 14.7 Mouth pipetting
- 14.8 Sharps
- 15 Personal protective equipment
- 15.1 General considerations
- 15.2 Protective clothing in the laboratory
- 15.3 Protective clothing outside the laboratory
- 15.4 Face and body protection
- 15.5 Gloves
- 15.6 Footwear
- 15.7 Respiratory protection
- 16 Transport of samples and hazardous materials
- 17 Waste disposal
- 17.1 General considerations
- 17.2 Waste management objectives
- 17.3 Hazardous waste
- 17.4 Non-hazardous waste
- 18 Housekeeping practices
- 19 Incidents, injury, accidents and occupational illnesses
- Annex A (informative) Action plan outline for implementation of this document
- Annex B (informative) Laboratory safety audit
- Annex C (informative) Decontamination, cleaning and disinfection following spillage
- Annex D (informative) Employee impairment
- Annex E (informative) Standard and transmission-based precautions, routine practices and additional precautions
- Annex F (informative) Chemical waste
- Annex G (informative) Compressed gases storage, maintenance and handling
- Annex H (informative) Use of fire extinguishers
- Annex I (informative) Immunization/vaccination program
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