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HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza

Teaching and learning laboratories provide academic assistance in all subject areas which often generate many types of hazardous wastes such as chemical waste, biological/ regulated medical wastes, sharps and laboratory glassware. Proper laboratory waste disposal management as well as safety practic...

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Main Author: Ahmad Rahiza, Farah Nabilah
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Environmental auditing
Environmental reporting
Malaysia
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spelling my.uitm.ir.373742022-10-25T07:49:05Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37374/ HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza Ahmad Rahiza, Farah Nabilah Environmental auditing Environmental reporting Malaysia Teaching and learning laboratories provide academic assistance in all subject areas which often generate many types of hazardous wastes such as chemical waste, biological/ regulated medical wastes, sharps and laboratory glassware. Proper laboratory waste disposal management as well as safety practice, is significant to maximize safety and minimize environmental impact. This study is initiated to identify the current and potential hazards, to estimate the risk and to propose control measures for waste disposal process at teaching and learning laboratory in UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang based on Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) model. Furthermore, this study also assesses the safety practices on waste disposal of the laboratory staff as well as the individual risk estimate on the hazard at teaching and learning laboratory. The hazard was identified by using hazard checklist, workplace inspection and interview session with the laboratory staff. The risk assessment was carried out for each of the hazard identified and the risk level was determined based on severity and likelihood of occurrence. A questionnaire with a sample size of 50 was distributed among laboratory staff to assess the knowledge and safety practice on the waste disposal process in the laboratory which was analyzed using SPSS. A total of fifty-seven important hazards were identified in the waste disposal process The HIRARC result shows that 51% of the hazard are of medium risk followed by high risk and low risk at 30% and 19% respectively. This shows that the waste disposal process can be considered as risky to the laboratory staff. Majority of the hazards are chemical hazard at 47%, physical, 30%, biological, 16 % and ergonomics at 7%. High risk was associated with chemical and biological hazard. Control measures should be applied to eliminate or reduce the risk especially for high risk activities. This include engineering control, administrative control and PPE. Safety practices among laboratory staff were acceptable but some improvement are needed in the area of chemical waste management which can be enhanced by providing more education and training for laboratory staff. 2020-08 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37374/1/37374.pdf HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza. (2020) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/37374.pdf> (Unpublished)
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Environmental reporting
Malaysia
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Environmental reporting
Malaysia
Ahmad Rahiza, Farah Nabilah
HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza
description Teaching and learning laboratories provide academic assistance in all subject areas which often generate many types of hazardous wastes such as chemical waste, biological/ regulated medical wastes, sharps and laboratory glassware. Proper laboratory waste disposal management as well as safety practice, is significant to maximize safety and minimize environmental impact. This study is initiated to identify the current and potential hazards, to estimate the risk and to propose control measures for waste disposal process at teaching and learning laboratory in UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang based on Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Risk Control (HIRARC) model. Furthermore, this study also assesses the safety practices on waste disposal of the laboratory staff as well as the individual risk estimate on the hazard at teaching and learning laboratory. The hazard was identified by using hazard checklist, workplace inspection and interview session with the laboratory staff. The risk assessment was carried out for each of the hazard identified and the risk level was determined based on severity and likelihood of occurrence. A questionnaire with a sample size of 50 was distributed among laboratory staff to assess the knowledge and safety practice on the waste disposal process in the laboratory which was analyzed using SPSS. A total of fifty-seven important hazards were identified in the waste disposal process The HIRARC result shows that 51% of the hazard are of medium risk followed by high risk and low risk at 30% and 19% respectively. This shows that the waste disposal process can be considered as risky to the laboratory staff. Majority of the hazards are chemical hazard at 47%, physical, 30%, biological, 16 % and ergonomics at 7%. High risk was associated with chemical and biological hazard. Control measures should be applied to eliminate or reduce the risk especially for high risk activities. This include engineering control, administrative control and PPE. Safety practices among laboratory staff were acceptable but some improvement are needed in the area of chemical waste management which can be enhanced by providing more education and training for laboratory staff.
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title_short HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza
title_full HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza
title_fullStr HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza
title_full_unstemmed HIRARC on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / Farah Nabilah Ahmad Rahiza
title_sort hirarc on waste disposal at teaching and learning laboratory and safety practices among laboratory staff / farah nabilah ahmad rahiza
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url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37374/1/37374.pdf
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