Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in Lebanon
Workers at scientific academic laboratories are at risk of potential exposure to different types of hazards. The study's purpose was to assess the potential failure modes (FMs) of hazards facing them through the application of the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) method to propose correc...
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| author | Inaam Nasrallah Ibtissam Sabbah Chadia Haddad Lina Ismaiil Jana Kotaich Pascale Salameh Assem EL. Kak Rihab Nasr Wafa Bawab |
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| description | Workers at scientific academic laboratories are at risk of potential exposure to different types of hazards. The study's purpose was to assess the potential failure modes (FMs) of hazards facing them through the application of the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) method to propose corrective actions preventive actions (CAPA) to mitigate them and to improve the safety outcomes in these workplaces (WP) at the Lebanese public University (PbU). The potential FMs leading to accident occurrence in biological and chemical labs were identified and prioritized, their causes and effects were determined by applying two surveys, and the risk priority number (RPN) for each failure was calculated. A total of 24 FMs were identified. The most alarming FM having the highest RPN scores (80) was found in the workplace ‘category requiring an emergency for corrective actions (CA), it is related to the unavailability of a hazard pictogram plot and the lack of labeling of chemicals and waste containers according to their categories. The FMs having RPN scores (75-60) requiring an urgent CA were assigned to other hazards of the WP, chemical, biological, and failure of the educational system. The need to program for the remaining FMs (RPN scores 20–48) is related to the safety, biological, physical, and radioactive categories ‘hazards. It is recommended to apply continuously FMEA and implement the CA proposed for each detected FM in the scientific laboratories of the PbU in order to support the decision-makers to improve laboratory safety. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17a6fcaf608a452087f1917177b450922023-12-21T07:33:07ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-12-01912e21145Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in LebanonInaam Nasrallah0Ibtissam Sabbah1Chadia Haddad2Lina Ismaiil3Jana Kotaich4Pascale Salameh5Assem EL. Kak6Rihab Nasr7Wafa Bawab8Doctoral School of Science and Technology (DSST), Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, Lebanon; Laboratoire de Biotechnologie des Substances Naturelles et Produits de Santé (BSNPS), Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, Lebanon; Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, Lebanon; Corresponding author. Doctoral School of Science and Technology (DSST), Lebanese University Laboratoire de Biotechnologie des Substances Naturelles et Produits de Santé (BSNPS), Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.Faculty of public Health V, Lebanese University, Saida, LebanonINSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon; School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon; Research Department, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon; School of Health Sciences, Modern University of Business and Science, Beirut, LebanonFaculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, LebanonFaculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, LebanonFaculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, Lebanon; INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon; University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, CyprusLaboratoire de Biotechnologie des Substances Naturelles et Produits de Santé (BSNPS), Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, Lebanon; Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, LebanonDepartment of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, LebanonFaculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Rafic Hariri University Campus, Hadath, LebanonWorkers at scientific academic laboratories are at risk of potential exposure to different types of hazards. The study's purpose was to assess the potential failure modes (FMs) of hazards facing them through the application of the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) method to propose corrective actions preventive actions (CAPA) to mitigate them and to improve the safety outcomes in these workplaces (WP) at the Lebanese public University (PbU). The potential FMs leading to accident occurrence in biological and chemical labs were identified and prioritized, their causes and effects were determined by applying two surveys, and the risk priority number (RPN) for each failure was calculated. A total of 24 FMs were identified. The most alarming FM having the highest RPN scores (80) was found in the workplace ‘category requiring an emergency for corrective actions (CA), it is related to the unavailability of a hazard pictogram plot and the lack of labeling of chemicals and waste containers according to their categories. The FMs having RPN scores (75-60) requiring an urgent CA were assigned to other hazards of the WP, chemical, biological, and failure of the educational system. The need to program for the remaining FMs (RPN scores 20–48) is related to the safety, biological, physical, and radioactive categories ‘hazards. It is recommended to apply continuously FMEA and implement the CA proposed for each detected FM in the scientific laboratories of the PbU in order to support the decision-makers to improve laboratory safety.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023083536Academic scientific laboratoriesCorrective actions preventive actions (CAPA)Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)Potential hazardsRisk management (RM) |
| spellingShingle | Inaam Nasrallah Ibtissam Sabbah Chadia Haddad Lina Ismaiil Jana Kotaich Pascale Salameh Assem EL. Kak Rihab Nasr Wafa Bawab Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in Lebanon Heliyon Academic scientific laboratories Corrective actions preventive actions (CAPA ) Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) Potential hazards Risk management (RM) |
| title | Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in Lebanon |
| title_full | Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in Lebanon |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in Lebanon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in Lebanon |
| title_short | Evaluating the academic scientific laboratories' safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) at the public university in Lebanon |
| title_sort | evaluating the academic scientific laboratories safety by applying failure mode and effect analysis fmea at the public university in lebanon |
| topic | Academic scientific laboratories Corrective actions preventive actions (CAPA ) Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) Potential hazards Risk management (RM) |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023083536 |
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