This is Part 2 of our interview with Jason P. Nagy, PhD, MLS(ASCP), QLS, and Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, on onboarding training and lab safety for new hires. Nagy is a laboratory safety support coordinator and Scungio is a laboratory safety officer for the multihospital system...
Hospitals may not top OSHA’s enforcement list compared to high-risk industrial sectors, but they are far from exempt—especially when it comes to workplace violence and serious injury reports.
There is a lot for an employee to learn when they start at a new laboratory. During their onboarding, they will learn the standard operating procedures for cleaning, using, and servicing lab equipment. They will learn about the proper handling and disposal of hazardous materials and waste. They...
In this guest column, Dan Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, laboratory safety officer for multihospital system Sentara Healthcare in Virginia, and otherwise known as “Dan, the Lab Safety Man,” discusses the important issues that affect your job every day. Today, he...
