Appropriate disposal of waste in the laboratory: Neglected but not forgotten.

IF 1 Q4 MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine Pub Date : 2022-07-14 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI:10.4102/ajlm.v11i1.1786

Christoffel J Opperman, Sarishna Singh, Francois Barton

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Copyright: © 2022. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Laboratory waste management should focus on environmental and worker safety in a costeffective manner to ensure ongoing diagnostic testing in accredited laboratories, especially in lowand middle-income countries with limited resources.1 For example, facilities focusing on Mycobacterium tuberculosis generate biosafety level three infectious material that must be decontaminated and disposed of correctly to maintain good laboratory practice within a legislative framework.2 Therefore, a holistic outline to support sustainable waste management in the laboratory is essential. This may include various components, such as waste disposal awareness campaigns, keeping abreast of technological advances,3 or implementing managerial policies. In this letter, we discuss practical suggestions for appropriately disposing of different waste types generated in most laboratories, with specific reference to a high-throughput, public, M. tuberculosis diagnostic laboratory.

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African Journal of Laboratory Medicine MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

1.70

自引率

9.10%

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： The African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, the official journal of ASLM, focuses on the role of the laboratory and its professionals in the clinical and public healthcare sectors,and is specifically based on an African frame of reference. Emphasis is on all aspects that promote and contribute to the laboratory medicine practices of Africa. This includes, amongst others: laboratories, biomedical scientists and clinicians, medical community, public health officials and policy makers, laboratory systems and policies (translation of laboratory knowledge, practices and technologies in clinical care), interfaces of laboratory with medical science, laboratory-based epidemiology, laboratory investigations, evidence-based effectiveness in real world (actual) settings.