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Assessment and management of chemical and biohazard risks requires an understanding of the risks in the laboratory, environment and in the community. This handbook provides a guide on best management practices to help prevent costly oversights and dangers in practice, industrial and scientific settings. It offers tools to actively avoid ill effects by addressing complacency, good laboratory ethic, and proactive strategies to minimize risk. It examines the safety culture of chemicals in a laboratory setting, simultaneously serving as a proactive management exercise and helping to prevent costly oversights and dangers in practice.
List of contents
Chapter 1: OVERVIEW OF THE CHEMICAL AND BIOHAZARD ENVIRONMENT. Chapter 2: ROLE OF LABORATORIES IN SCIENCE CURRICULA DELIVERY. Chapter 3: LABORATORY SAFETY AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT. Chapter 4: COMPREHENSIVE LABORATORY SAFETY GUIDES. Chapter 5: EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL SECURITY STATUS. Chapter 6: MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN AND BIOHAZARD RISKS. Chapter 7: EXPOSURE TO ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: A SCOPING REVIEW. Chapter 8: REGULATORY CLASSIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS AGENTS
chapter 9 CHEMICAL SECURITY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: A FOCUS ON KENYA AND SOMALIA. Chapter 10: "REGULATION OF THE HANDLING, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF
HERBAL MEDICINES; THE CASE OF CHINA ". Chapter 11: INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT AND CHEMICAL INSECURITY IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT. Chapter 12: MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION OF CHEMICAL LABORATORY PRACTICE IN INDIA. Chapter 13: DESIGN FEATURES OF AN AFFORDABLE, QUALITY LABORATORY. Chapter 14: GENERAL DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF A LABORATORY. Chapter 15: LABORATORY OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. Chapter 16: MANAGEMENT OF LABORATORY INVENTORIES & WASTE
About the author
Dr. Maima is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy and the Dean, School of Pharmacy, Maseno University - KENYA. He holds a PhD in Community Health and Development; and Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis). He is a former Dean and Program Leader of the School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences at the United States International University Africa. He is a Fellow of the Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA) of the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) and the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). He is also a Trained PhD Supervisor.
Dr. Maima is a Pharmaceutical Chemist & Analyst; Public Health Specialist & Epidemiologist; Implementation Research Scientist; Registered Pharmacist in Kenya & Good Standing Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya. His other current and past memberships include: International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP); Experts /Specialization Committee and that of the Training and Assessment Technical Committee of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya; the Board of Management of the National Quality Control Laboratories; and the Ministerial Committee that prepared the Kenya National Pharmaceutical Policy (KNPP) of 2010. He is also the current President of the Association of Pharmacy Schools of Kenya (APSK) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Pharmaceutical Journal of Kenya.
