This is Part 2 of our interview with Jason P. Nagy, PhD, MLS(ASCP), QLS; Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS; and Sean G. Kaufman on preventing and responding to exposures in the laboratory.
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the important issues that affect your job every day. Today he talks about lab safety practices.
One of the most feared laboratory safety risks is exposure to hazardous materials, be they biological, chemical, or radioactive. Preventing and responding to these events are key to every laboratory safety officer’s job, and knowing what to do can sometimes be the difference between life and...
