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Laser Safety Risks hazards and control Measures Assignment

   

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Running head: LASER SAFETY: RISKS, HAZARDS AND CONTROL MEASURESLaser Safety: Risks, Hazards and Control MeasuresName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:Table of Contents
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1LASER SAFETY: RISKS, HAZARDS AND CONTROL MEASURESIntroduction....................................................................................................................2Discussion......................................................................................................................2Risk management.......................................................................................................21. Knowledge about the standards, practice guidelines and regulations....................22. Identification of the Risks and Hazards.................................................................43. Implementation of the control measures and establishing control measures.........4The Laser Safety Officer........................................................................................6Procedural Control Measures.................................................................................7Controlled Access..................................................................................................7Ocular Hazards.......................................................................................................7Electrical Hazards..................................................................................................84. Audit for Safety Program Monitoring....................................................................8Education and Training..........................................................................................8Documentation.......................................................................................................9Conclusion......................................................................................................................9References:...................................................................................................................10
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2LASER SAFETY: RISKS, HAZARDS AND CONTROL MEASURESIntroductionLaser technology is now not only limited to the hospital operating rooms, it in fact hasalso become available in the clinics, private enterprises and the office practices. The burdenof the management of safety has shifted to the individual users from that of the hospitalstaffs, often without the advantage of proper resources. The reason behind such a change isthat laser emits coherent and intense electromagnetic radiation which has the potential tocause irreversible damage to both the skin and eye. Laser safety is something that iseveryone’s concern. Lasers have the capability of delivering a large package of energy andthat too in a very focused and controlled manner; in fact most of the laser applications takethe advantage of it (Debord et al. 2014). However, it is also to be noted that if thoseproperties are not controlled in an effective way, they could present severe hazards to theworkers working with them and also to the adjacent activities and materials. Like, forexample, the risk of burns, eye damage and the risks of material surfaces to get damaged.This paper will present a brief jest of risks, hazards and control measures associated with thelaser safety. The main purpose of this report is to provide general information and somepractical guidance on the working conditions in an aim to lead to high standards of the safetyfor all the personnel that are involved in the maintenance and operation of laser devices. DiscussionRisk management1. Knowledge about the standards, practice guidelines and regulationsThe international standards regarding the laser safety are all available through the IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission), documents 60825, 60825- Part 8 and 60601(Smalley 2013). All these standards are worldwide benchmarks for the laser safety andconsist of the informative and normative guidance for the professional clinicians, laser use
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3LASER SAFETY: RISKS, HAZARDS AND CONTROL MEASURESfacility administrator, and manufacturers of the laser use facilities. In some of the countriessuch as in Australia and Canada, these standards are coordinated with the national standardsand are also made mandatory as the starting point for all the professional recommendedpractices and the additional regulations. The standards are though non-regulatory but theyserve as the consensus documents for the best practise. In Australia, the 4173 (guide to safeuse of lasers in the health care) and AS/NZ 2211 (Laser safety) has become the standards forthe laser safety in all the healthcare centres (Kaushal, Jain and Kar 2017). They have taken onthe affect of the regulation through its world wide acceptance. These standards have beenincorporated into the state regulations like the ones adopted in Western Australia andTasmania under the Radiation Safety Act of 1999 (Olsen et al. 2015). Also, in the UnitedStates, there are number of states that have regulations needing registration of the lasersystems, and proof of the administrative controls as it is defined in the ANSI Z136.3(American National Standard). These ANSI standards are the base for the laser safetyrequirements as it is determined by the OSHA (Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration), the governmental branch of ‘Department of Labour’. They carry the powerto issue the legal and citations action for the non-compliance. Similarly, in Europe the guidelines listed in the document of IEC-60825 offers non-regulatory guidelines for the control and identification of the major hazards that are inrelation with the medical lasers (Smalley 2013). Also, the document of 60825- part 8 toocontains much more informative sections with the expanded illustrative processes that arefocused on the laser users and is indeed a very helpful for the safety management and policydevelopment (Oswal, Moseley and Smalley 2014). The laser users must possess working knowledge about all the technical materialswhich included the nominal ovular hazard area, the limits of exposure, classifications etc. Theclinicians can make use of the services of the medical physicist, a LPA (Laser Protection
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