Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition 38(s1): 51-56, doi: 10.61873/KEVF7219
Development of a proposed Laser Safety Protocol (LSP) for the prevention of eye and skin hazards in Biomedical Laser facilities
expand article infoGeorgios Ninos‡, Vasiliki K. Kefala‡, Foteini Biskanaki‡, Dimitrios Chaniotis‡, Niki Tertipi‡, Eleni Sfyri‡, Eleni Andreou‡, Efstathios Rallis‡
‡ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Sector of Optics and Optometry, Laboratory of Optical Metrology-LOM, University of West Attica, 12243, Athens, Greece
© Georgios Ninos, Vasiliki Kefala, Foteini Biskanaki, Dimitrios Chaniotis, Niki Tertipi, Eleni Sfyri, Eleni Andreou, Efstathios Rallis.
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Citation: Ninos G, Kefala VK, Biskanaki F, Chaniotis D, Tertipi N, Sfyri E, Andreou E, Rallis E (2023) Development of a proposed Laser Safety Protocol (LSP) for the prevention of eye and skin hazards in Biomedical Laser facilities. Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition 38(s1): 51-56. https://doi.org/10.61873/KEVF7219
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Abstract
Usage of LASER radiation applications is very widespread in numerous specific areas of Biomedical Sciences with proven clinical and treatment results. Furthermore, the apparatus used in Biomedical applications are classified in highest power and danger categories (class 3B or 4). Thus, establishing and keeping necessary laser safety measures is crucial for the assurance of health, safety, ergonomics conditions and specially for the prevention of eye and skin hazards, both for biomedical scientists and patients in health and care units of any scale. To our knowledge, the existing protocols in relevant literature, are quite limited and depict only the basic Laser Safety guidelines. The subject of this study is the development of a complete and detailed Laser Safety Protocol to be implemented in all biomedical facilities. The novelty of the proposed LSP is that it is formulated both in extended verbal instructions and, principally, in a “matrix form”, well defined procedure.
Keywords
biomedical sciences, laser safety protocol, eye and skin hazards