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 molecular pathology investigations in microbiology in the correct clinical context and process the specimens that accompany those requests. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform the range of basic laboratory techniques used in the workplace to investigate the molecular pathology of microbial infection. |