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Lab Safety Man: Special safety in the anatomic pathology laboratory

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

Anatomic pathology laboratories present safety concerns that can differ from those in the clinical lab. Formaldehyde and other hazardous chemicals are used to preserve tissue specimens; workers can be...

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Picking the right pair of laboratory shoes

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety

Exposed skin and lab work simply don’t mix, which is why open-toed shoes are verboten in the laboratory, says Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, a laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara H...

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Fall laboratory safety 2023

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Fire & Life Safety

Summer is officially over, and the clocks will fall back an hour this upcoming weekend. It’s a time of transition as people bring out their fall clothes, enjoy spiced drinks, and ready themselves for ...

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Lab Safety Man: The risk of disaster

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety

Living in Virginia, hurricane season usually has me thinking about lab disaster plans and the risk of a real natural disaster. In the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, the highest hurricane ri...

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Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 2

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety

This is the second part of our interview with Sean G. Kaufman, CEO and founding partner of the lab safety company Safer Behaviors, on cultural challenges in the laboratory setting and how to fix them....

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Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 1

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety

It doesn’t take a lot to make a culture, but in the laboratory or clinic it takes a great deal of work to make a culture into a safety culture. Even when two facilities have the same polices and rules...

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NIOSH: Healthcare workers most injured by sharps

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

Most sharps injuries—84%—occur among healthcare workers, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) confirmed in a recently released analysis. Injuries from a needle or other sh...

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Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 2

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Sean G. Kaufman, CEO and founding partner of the lab safety company Safer Behaviors, offered Medical Environment Update some suggestions on engagement in a recent interview. ...

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Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 1

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Leadership & Finance, Policies and Procedures, Workplace safety

Getting staff engaged with safety training can be the difference between them remembering how to do something safely and them injuring themselves or others. ...

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Lab Safety Man: Three rules regarding chemical waste in the laboratory

December 13, 2025

Laboratory Safety, Workplace safety

The lab technologist approached the lab safety officer (LSO) to ask what should be done with a collection of liquid wastes that were collected from the chemistry analyzers. The LSO had worked with mul...

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Lab Safety Man: Special safety in the anatomic pathology laboratory

Picking the right pair of laboratory shoes

Fall laboratory safety 2023

Lab Safety Man: The risk of disaster

Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 2

Q&A: Addressing cultural challenges in the lab: Part 1

NIOSH: Healthcare workers most injured by sharps

Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 2

Q&A: Can you make lab safety training engaging? : Part 1

Lab Safety Man: Three rules regarding chemical waste in the laboratory

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