Basic laboratory safety and general survey of the Turkish laboratory safety status

Abstract

Clinical and research laboratory employees have to face various hazards and biological risk factors in the working environment due to laboratory structures and regulations. In order to protect per-sonnel from these occupational hazards and laboratory acquired infections, basic microbiological practices which are the major fac-tors of biosafety concept should be well known, appropriate and safe laboratory equipments (primary barriers) should be used and functional working areas (secondary barriers) should be designed. We have limited data regarding biosafety profiles of the laborato-ries and laboratory staff in our country. Nevertheless, in the light of the existing studies, it is thought that technical and infrastructural facilities are inadequate and also biosafety levels and related ap-plications are either not well known or not properly carried out by the staff. Implementing theoretically accepted basic microbiologi-cal practices, a certain quality and cosciousness level of the staff, continuous in-service training are important factors of a safe and efficient working environment in the laboratories.

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