Laboratory Safety: Laboratory Professionals' Compliance With Universal Precautions

Compliance with universal precautions among pediatric residents.

BACKGROUND There are few data on the rate of compliance with universal precautions among pediatricians. We hypothesized that compliance in pediatrics would be poor because of the intrinsic difficulties in performing invasive procedures in small subjects. DESIGN Prospective, observational study. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. STUDY PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of pediatric...

Adherence to universal precautions among laboratory personnel in Lebanon.

To evaluate the present situation and plan future directions with regard to implementation of universal precautions in laboratories testing blood samples, we carried out a national cross sectional study in 2003 on a representative sample of laboratories in Lebanon. We compared the results with those of a 1993 study. We found that the education profile of staff had improved, being now more speci...

Safety in the laboratory.

Compliance with universal precautions in a medical practice with a high rate of HIV infection.

BACKGROUND Universal precautions have been recommended to limit occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other infectious agents, but whether these recommendations have been incorporated into routine practice has not been demonstrated. METHODS Using a one-group, before-after design, we assessed the knowledge and attitudes concerning universal precautions and the lev...

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...