COSHH AS LABORATORY SAFETY STANDARDS IN CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH
Journal Title: Journal of Drug Discovery and Therapeutics - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 6
Abstract
COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by: finding out what the health hazards are, deciding how to prevent harm to health, providing control measures to reduce harm to health, making sure they are used, keeping all control measures in good working order, providing information, instruction and training for employees and others, providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases, planning for emergencies. Most businesses use substances, or products that are mixtures of substances. Some processes create substances. These could cause harm to employees, contractors and other people. Sometimes substances are easily recognised as harmful. Common substances such as paint, bleach or dust from natural materials may also be harmful. Laboratory Safety Standards are in use in clinical and chemical labs, testing labs and research and development labs in industry and educational facilities. Lab safety standards pertain to clothing and equipment as well as procedures and lab design. Standards are obtained from International Organization of Standardization (ISO); International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA); ASTM International (ASTM); International Electro technical Commission (IEC); British Standards Institution (BSI); Laser Institute of America (LIA); Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI); Standards Australia (SAI); and American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). There are many new laboratory safety standards introduced each year. Many important laboratory safety standards have been categorized below. There are many other laboratory safety standards that can be found by using a keyword or document number search: Protective Clothing, Hand/Eye Protection, Equipment Safety, Laser Safety, Laboratory Testing and Management and Laboratory Design and Procedures.
Authors and Affiliations
Dhrubo Jyoti Sen*| Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shri Sarvajanik Pharmacy College, Gujarat Technological University, Mehsana, Gujarat, India., Satyanand Tyagi| President & Founder, Tyagi Pharmacy Association (TPA) & Scientific Writer (Pharmacy), New Delhi, India., Anil Kumar Gupta| Jyoti Vidyapeeth women’s University, Jaipur, discipline of Pharmaceutical Science, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India., Vishwa Deepak Kumar| B. Pharmacy 2nd Year, Department of Pharmacy, IEC Group of Institutions, Greater Noida, India., Joel Ashtamkar| Department of Pharmacy, Vinayaka Missions University, Tamilnadu-India., Devendra Pratap Singh| Bhagwant Institute of Pharmacy, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India., Chandrashekhara. S| Martha Mandal's College of Pharmacy, M.M. Extension, Belgaum, Karnataka, India., Prateek Singh Bisht| T. John College of Pharmacy, Gottigere, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, India., Vikramkumar Vishnubhai Patel| T. John College of Pharmacy, Gottigere, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, India.
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COSHH AS LABORATORY SAFETY STANDARDS IN CONTROL OF SUBSTANCES HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH
COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health. You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by: finding out what the health hazards are, deciding how to...