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 Perform the range of methodologies used in epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation. To include statistics relevant to epidemiology. |
| # 2 | Outcome Understand the ways in which health protection services are delivered. |