Open AccessAssessment of Occupational Risks in the Toxicology and Pharmacology Laboratory Using the FMECA Method
Author(s) -
Khalid Laarej,
Mohammed Jbilou,
Mustapha Bouatia,
Adil Elyadini,
Rachid Alami
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemical science international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-706X
DOI - 10.9734/csji/2021/v30i1030256
Subject(s) - failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis , risk analysis (engineering) , risk assessment , reliability engineering , toxicology , computer science , risk management , failure mode and effects analysis , medicine , pharmacology , engineering , business , computer security , biology , finance
The Toxicology and Pharmacology Laboratory is a high-risk work environment, especially the chemical risk that appears when people are exposed to reagents and chemicals. A corrective approach is required to identify and control these risks. The aim of this study is to determine how to manage the analytical risks at LTP designated for the dosage of drugs and poisons (narcotics, pesticides, mycotoxins, etc.). For this purpose, the risk analysis applying the FMECA method, a risk management tool that aims on the one hand, to qualitatively analyze the process, to analyze the failure modes, the causes and their effects, and to on the other hand, rate the criticality defined by the parameters of frequency of occurrence, severity and detection that will allow a quantitative analysis of each of the failure modes. Thus, the criticality calculation will help to determine the critical risks to be corrected, and to recommend corrective and preventive actions to be implemented within the service.