Quality Improvement of Compliance to hazard material safety program to ensure laboratory safety in Suez Canal Authority Port Said Primary healthcare center

Eldweny, Sara; Eissa, Ashraf Anwar; Abbas, Noha Zakaria Abbas Zakaria; Darwish, Soad Ragab; Abotaleb, Ghada Elsayed; Mohammed, Taghreed Salah; Hamdy, Elham Mohamed; Elsayed, Wafaa Mohsen

doi:10.21608/muj.2021.98127.1072

Quality Improvement of Compliance to hazard material safety program to ensure laboratory safety in Suez Canal Authority Port Said Primary healthcare center

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ bachelor of clinical pharmacy Suze canal university

² Head of dental department - Suez Canal Authority hospitals.

³ Pharmacist- quality coordinator in Suez Canal Authority Port Said primary health care center.

⁴ Nurse supervisor - Suez Canal Authority Port Fouad primary health care center.

⁵ Nurse supervisor in intensive care unit - Suez Canal Authority Altwarii hospital.

⁶ Nurse – Suez Canal Authority Altwarii hospital.

⁷ Nurse- Suez Canal Authority Altwarii hospital.

⁸ Nurse supervisor in emergency department - Suez Canal Authority Altwarii hospital.

10.21608/muj.2021.98127.1072

Abstract

Chemical substances used in laboratory are potentially hazard which is determined by the chemical and physical properties of the materials.

To minimize the danger from exposure to hazard material we must know how to store, transport and handle these chemicals, and also the proper action taken if accidently exposed to hazardous materials. 4

Hazardous chemicals have risks of damage to lungs through inhalation, skin through contact to skin, eyes through eye penetration and mucous membrane through ingestion which may occur after short or long term exposure. 4

According to the national safety requirement of the Egyptian standard the primary health care center must has plans for handling, storage, usage and transportation of hazardous materials and waste disposal.

Hazardous materials and waste management plan includes material safety data sheet should be available and include information such as physical data, hazardous material type, safe storage, handling, spill management and exposure, first aid, and disposal.

To improve the employee compliance to hazard material safety program we use quality tools to determine the problem and solve it as follow checklist, FOCUS-PDCA, Pareto chart and Fishbone which help us to implement the hazard material safety program.

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