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    Every needlestick is one too many: Progress made and still to come for sharps injury prevention

    Tammy Oppy, BS, MLS(ASCP)
    Aug. 26, 2024
    Needlestick injuries are not new to the world of healthcare. In the United States, awareness around prevention began gaining momentum in the early 1990s — more than 30 years...
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    Preventing cross contamination in an infectious disease testing laboratory

    Rajasri Chandra, MS, MBA
    April 24, 2023
    In the context of an infectious disease testing laboratory, cross contamination can be defined as an accidental introduction of an extraneous material into the specimen or laboratory...
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    Product Focus- Lab Safety

    MLO Staff
    March 27, 2023
    Workstation model The Vented Hood Table Top Workstation Model 24200 is constructed of chemical resistant and light weight advanced composites. Molded chemical resistant work surface...
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    Elements of a general laboratory safety program

    Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
    March 27, 2023
    A comprehensive general laboratory safety program encompasses all aspects of daily laboratory operations, including engineering controls, personal protective equipment, work practice...
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    A healthcare system and its laboratories’ experience with Hurricane Ian

    Kara Nadeau
    Jan. 23, 2023
    The same week that Category 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, researchers from the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...
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    Creating a successful safety culture in your laboratory

    Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ)
    Oct. 19, 2022
    A laboratory safety expert can walk into a department and assess the safety culture fairly quickly. Some obvious clues include the level of use of personal protective equipment...
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    FDA Removes N95 Respirators from Medical Device Shortage List, Signaling Sufficient Supply

    LABline
    Aug. 31, 2022
    This action is the result of increased domestic manufacturing of N95 respirators, as well as updates to the FDA’s supply chain assessment.
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    From left to right: Air Force lab techs Senior Airman Jacob Washington, Staff Sargeant Rily Venesky, and Master Sargeant Grace Hodge.
    Lab Safety

    Air force lab techs prove essential in Afghanistan withdrawal

    Military Health System Communications Health System Communications
    July 20, 2022
    Following President Biden’s April 14, 2021 announcement of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Air Force Master Sergeant Grace Hodge, section chief of corps lab services...
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    Tool helped healthcare workers discern vaccine side effects from COVID-19 symptoms

    LABline
    Dec. 22, 2021
    Tool helped healthcare workers discern vaccine side effects from COVID-19 symptomsA decision-support tool helped healthcare workers distinguish symptoms associated with COVID-...
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    Laboratory safety management roles and responsibilities

    Joanne P. Christopher, MA, ELS
    Dec. 22, 2021
    Keeping laboratory workers safe is a top priority and challenge for laboratory management. Implementation of a laboratory safety program, efficient laboratory design, and effective...
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    Protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19

    LABline
    Oct. 22, 2021
    The World Health Organization and partners have issued an urgent call for concrete action to better protect health and care workers worldwide from COVID-19 and other health issues...

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