Competency information
Details
Minimise risks and hazards in compliance with health and safety policies.
Considerations
- The relevant health and safety regulations for laboratory and clinical investigations.
- The specific health and safety regulations for the specialism, type of specimen/sample and investigation. The potential hazards and risks and the actions to be taken to minimise these. Responsibilities and scope of practice of laboratory personnel involved in performing investigations and reporting those investigations to users.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Interpret routine requests for virology investigations in the correct clinical context and process the specimens that accompany those requests. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform the range of laboratory techniques used in the workplace to investigate important viral infections. |