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Health and safety in the Microbiology Department The importances of health and safety principles in relation to the tests are taken in the Microbiology department. The role legislation in maintaining health and safety principles. Those who work in Microbiology laboratories are exposed to danger of infection from clinical specimens and laboratory cultures as well as to non-infective dangers such as cuts and other skin injuries, electric shocks, fire and explosion of gases and solvents, burning by corrosive chemicals, and acute and chronic poisoning from exposure to toxic substances. In well regulated laboratories such incidents are rare, but constant attention is required to minimize their frequency. The nature of the risks must be well understood and careful precautions taken on a pre-planned and well organized basis. This understanding and the maintenance of good organisation and procedures is an essential component of the professional expertise of the laboratory worker in effect, simply part of...

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