Open AccessSafety Risk Assessment in Medical and Paramedical Education Laboratories
Author(s) -
Ahmad Soltanzadeh,
Hamidreza Heidari,
Zahra Sadat Javadi Hoseini,
Maryam Sorooshnia,
Hoda Rahimifard
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
archives of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-3690
pISSN - 2588-3070
DOI - 10.18502/aoh.v5i2.6192
Subject(s) - checklist , laboratory safety , risk assessment , hazard , medicine , occupational safety and health , physical hazard , environmental health , risk analysis (engineering) , medical emergency , computer science , psychology , pathology , computer security , chemistry , organic chemistry , cognitive psychology , nuclear medicine
Background: Considering the reported positive effects of risk management practices and monitoring them by conducting risk assessments and achieving safety improvements, this study was conducted to assess the risks in the educational laboratories of Qom University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 13 medical and paramedical educational laboratories. To assess safety conditions in the laboratories, a comprehensive safety checklist was developed, and in order to assess the risks of laboratories, a method called FMEA was used. Two trained occupational health and safety experts evaluated the laboratories understudy, identified the hazards, completed the relevant checklists, and subsequently ranked them based on severity, occurrence, and detection. Finally, a comparison was made based on the calculated Risk Priority Number (RPN) for each hazard.
Results: In general, the fire hazards and electrical hazards of 54% of the laboratories have been accompanied by normal risk (RPN 250).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that in general, three types of hazards, including health hazards, equipment, and material storage, should be given priority.