Safety Assessment and Best Practices for Medical Laboratory with ESPReL Checklist and BSL Checklist

Abstract

           Laboratory safety for medical practice is essential. Laboratory work presents a high risk factor to become dangerous. If the operators do not work with caution or if there are unsafe conditions in the laboratory, this can have serious adverse effects for the operator themselves, or the laboratory, or the external environment. It can also adversely affect confidence in laboratory safety. Furthermore, solving the problems of laboratory safety requires systematic management of awareness of working safely and the creation of a safety culture. This article presents the safety assessment, finding ways to reduce safety–related incidents in the laboratory by standards, tools, or systems, and especially the use of the ESPReL Checklist and BSL Checklist systems for safety management. In addition

           There are examples of case studies about assessing safety conditions and improving laboratory safety, especially in medical laboratories, with the evaluation criteria from the ESPReL Checklist and BSL Checklist to develop the safety capabilities of the laboratory to a higher level, create the best practices of the laboratory, as well as develop and create new knowledge arising from safety operations to make the laboratory a safe and sustainable operating place.