A7: Good Scientific And Clinical Practice Flashcards
What are the principles of good practice in scientific and clinical settings?
Appropriately storing products, materials and equipment
Using SOPs
Effectively managing stock
Effectively managing calibration and maintenence equipment.
Why is it important to follow SOPs?
Enabling consistency to approach
Upholding professional standards
Meet any legal or organisational requirements
Maintaining health and safety
Demonstrating compliance for auditing purposes.
How should SOPs be accessed?
Carrying out detained index searches
Completed staff training and induction
Ensuring SOPs are the most up-to-date version
Ensuring all relevant documentation has been completed and signed.
Give the potential impacts of not cleaning and preparing work areas.
Contamination and cross-contamination
Spread of infection
Invalid results
Products of toxic/dangerous by-products
Insuffient working practice
Risks to health and safety
Damage to equipment.
Give the potential impacts of not maintaining, cleaning and serving equipment.
Reduced function of equipment
Decreased lifespan of equipment
Invalid results
Spread of infection
Increased risk of injury
Risks to health and safety.
Give the potential consequences of incorrectly storing products.
Financial loss
Risks to health and safety
Products exceeding expiry date
Stock is difficult to locate
Breakdown of limited stability products
Cross-contamination
Loss of samples or degradation of reagents.
State the importance of ordering and managing stock.
Ensure safety of stock
Improving productivity
Improving efficiency
Ensuring materials are used before their expiry date
Ensuring sufficient supply
How should concerns be escalated if equipment is not correctly calibrated?
Report concerns to relevant person
Labelling equipment out of action
Taking equipment out of action
Recording concerns.
What is the importance of calibration to test equipment?
Ensuring accuracy of measurement
Prolonging life of equipment
Meeting legal requirements
