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Review of knowledge, attitude, and practice among laboratory workers towards occupational safety and health


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Almutairi, Nayef Shabbab and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri and Ng, Yee Guan and How, Vivien (2020) Review of knowledge, attitude, and practice among laboratory workers towards occupational safety and health. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 16 (1). pp. 297-303. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346

Abstract

Laboratory workers exposed to diverse occupational exposures to accidents. Evidently, extant, yet very limited empirical underpinnings suggest that knowledge, practices and awareness of safety precautions are uncharacteristically poor among laboratory workers. As such, their demonstration of safety-related attitudes and practices have remained questionable. This paper, thus presents a systematic search of the literature on laboratory workers’ safety-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Specifically, literature published between 2007 and 2017 that characteristically attempted to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices among laboratory workers on Occupational Safety and Health were reviewed. Evidently, results from the review indicate poor knowledge, attitude and practice among the laboratory workers. It is critical that strategies be put in place by the management of the health facilities to institute and undertake activities in the form of training, improved safety management practices, organizational commitment and improved safety culture.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Keywords: Laboratory workers; Knowledge; Attitudes; Practices; Occupational safety and health
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 03 Mar 2020 09:19
Last Modified: 03 Mar 2020 09:19
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/76938
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