Safety in Health-Care Laboratories by W.H.O.

This manual is intended for health-care laboratory workers and those responsible for laboratory administration and planning. It provides guidelines for health and safety in the work environment, and caters to all laboratory activities except in major areas of microbiology.

The manual is not intended to be a complete treatise on safety in the laboratory, it offers a pragmatic approach to the problems encountered in routine practice. References are made to the Laboratory Biosafety Manual, relevant WHO and other publications. Where local or nationals and guidelines exist, these should also be consulted and would take precedence.