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.
- Use and maintenance of centrifuges.
- Responsibilities and scope of practice of laboratory personnel involved in performing investigations and reporting those investigations to users.
- The patient pathway through a treatment cycle.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Apply health and safety methodologies and practices appropriate to the reproductive science laboratory. |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform to accepted standard relevant techniques for semen analysis and preparation. |