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The Body Fluid Handling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect storage of body fluids
- faulty equipment
- 2. Person Protective Equipment (PPE) check
- Inadequate PPE supplies
- incorrect use of PPE
- 3. Disposal of previous samples
- Cross-contamination
- sharps injury
- 4. Receiving new samples
- Damaged sample containers
- mishandling leading to spills
- 5. Classification and labeling
- Incorrect labeling causing misidentification
- non-compliance with labelling guidelines
- 6. Storage
- Inappropriate temperature
- inadequate security measures
- 7. Laboratory testing
- Exposure to pathogens
- chemical hazards
- 8. Analysis and results recording
- Data errors
- privacy breach concerns
- 9. Disposal of processed samples
- Improper disposal methods
- biological hazards
- 10. Cleaning work area
- Health risks from contaminated surfaces
- risk of slips from wet floor
- 11. Decontaminating equipment
- Chemical exposure from cleaning agents
- mechanical injuries
- 12. PPE removal and disposal
- Cross-contamination
- improper disposal of PPE
- 13. Hand hygiene
- Risk of biological contamination
- skin irritation due to washing frequency
- 14. Documentation
- Document losses due to poor data management
- breach of confidentiality
- 15. Reporting and communicating results
- Miscommunication errors
- data protection infringements
- 16. Emergency response preparation
- Inadequate management of incidents
- inadequate first-aid provision
- 17. End-of-day sterilisation and shutdown
- Biological hazard exposure
- risk from malfunctioning sterilising equipment
- 18. Waste disposal
- Improper segregation leading to contamination
- injury from sharps waste
- 19. Regular review of safety protocols
- Non-compliance with updated regulations
- lax safety culture
- 20. Training and refresher courses
- Non-compliance due to lack of knowledge
- skill decay for rarely performed tasks