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 Receive, prepare and process specimens for histopathological investigation. To include dissection, tissue selection cutting, fixation and staining, as appropriate.
# 2 Outcome Select the appropriate demonstration technique in the investigation of representative histopathology specimens.
# 5 Outcome Comply with quality assurance processes associated with histopathological investigations.