Confined space entry program.
Clinical laboratory medical technology laboratory floor plan.
Asbestos and other regulated building materials.
Workshopping with those who will be using the area themselves is essential since the lab can be tailored to what the research requires and superfluous elements can be quickly identified.
Describe some key features of effective lean design.
At a high level specimens are received sorted and routed to one of these three areas of processing.
In an automated system analyzers are arranged along a robotic track that operates much like a conveyor belt.
For experimental spaces sketch out the dimensions of laboratory grade furniture benches desks equipment shelves wash areas on the architectural floor plan.
When planning a design we further break down the workflow as moving from a central receiving and processing rap area to specific processes taking place in the molecular stat laboratory bacteriology batch micro molecular a biosafety level 3 laboratory not discussed in this article and.
Automated testing systems an advancing lab technology is facilitated by open plan lab design.
Present some examples of using lean to improve operational efficiency.
Lab safety surveys and inspections.
15 clinical laboratories 216 15 1 description 216 15 2 laboratory layout 218 15 3 heating ventilating and air conditioning 222 15 4 loss prevention industrial hygiene and personal safety 223 16 teaching laboratory 227 16 1 description 227 16 2 laboratory layout 228.
An extensive period of pre planning is vital to the design of a lab.
In addition floor standing centrifuges are noisy and dangerous as are large irradiators and will often require a room with a lockable door.
Laboratory services national strategic plan 2008 national strategic plan for laboratories 2008 2012 version 2 feb 2007 introduction the role of medical laboratories iso 15189 2003 defines the medical laboratory clinical laboratory as a laboratory for biological.
Describe some things to avoid.
Answer any questions that you may have.
Present a limited case study of using lean to design a core laboratory.
Accident and injury reporting.