safety safety safety in the laboratoriess

F8yct7curxr7x7rxt7x7rx7rx7rxr7x7rx7rxr7xrx7rx7rxr7x7rxr7x7tx57x7rx7rx7rx7rx7rx74x7rx7rx7rx7rx7rx6rr6xyrxr6x6rxr6x7rxr6x6rx6rxr6xr6x6rx6rx7rx6rxr7xr7xr6rz7rx6r

1. Introduction Safety is defined as the act of removing or reducing the risks of harm and damage to a bearable level. In medical field, health and safety are key concerns because of presence of infectious and hazardous materials that can cause physical and health damage . Medical laboratories are hazardous place to work because of presence of microbial, chemical and biological. Laboratory worker’s health and safety can be severely threatened if preventive measures are not taken This study investigated the laboratory safety awareness among undergraduate medical laboratory science students . 1

2. Objectives To evaluate the knowledge and awareness about laboratory safety measures among undergraduate students of Medical Laboratory science. To assess the awareness of students about appropriate responses to be taken in emergency situation if happened in laboratory. To check students understanding about Personal protective equipments, sample handling, chemicals handling and hygiene in the laboratory.   2

3. Results: Graphs . 3

4. Results: Graphs . 4

5. Results: There is a positive relationship between PPEs, Sample handling, chemical handling, emergency response , hygiene knowledge and Student’s awareness which means that if students knowledge about PPEs, sample handling, chemical handling, emergency response and hygiene increases, then students’ awareness and knowledge about laboratory safety increases and vice versa. Multiple Regression Equation is Student Awareness = PPES KnowledgeX1 + Sample Handling knowledgeX2 + Chemical Handling knowledgeX3 + Emergency response knowledgeX4 + Hygiene knowledgeX5 Y = .319+.328X1+.169X2+.278X3+.417X4+.295X5 5

6. References Khan WA, Mushtaq T, Tabassum A. Occupational health, safety and risk analysis. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology. 2014 Aug 2;3(4):1336-46. This Niciejewska M, Kiriliuk O. Occupational health and safety management in “small size” enterprises, with particular emphasis on hazards identification. Production Engineering Archives. 2020 Dec 1;26(4):195-201. Alshalani AJ, Salama KF. Assessment of Occupational Safety Practices Among Medical Laboratory Staff in Governmental Hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J. Saf. Stud. 2019;5(1):1-23 binti Bakhtiar IS, bin Jamaluddin MH, bin Mat Salim MA, bin Harun MN. Awareness of University Students on Laboratory Safety. InInternational Conference on Student and Disable Student Development 2019 (ICoSD 2019) 2020 Sep 22 (pp. 104-108). Atlantis Press. 6

7. . 7