Title: Maintain laboratory equipment, a clean work area, and a clean laboratory supply storage area.
Course: Medical Laboratory Technology I (14102-I) > Section: Maintaining a Safe Environment

Maintenance should include

- keeping the equipment clean, in good condition, and in good repair
- explaining proper sanitation and disinfection of work area and laboratory supplies
- adhering to laboratory prohibitions (e.g., no eating, no drinking, no applying makeup, no putting on contacts or lip balm, no gum chewing, no neglect of personal hygiene)
- understanding inventory control
- following industry guidelines and regulations
- identifying precautions to prevent contamination of apparatus, work surfaces, self, others, and other elements of the medical laboratory environment.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it important to keep the medical laboratory equipment clean?
- Why is it important to keep the medical laboratory equipment in good repair and condition?
- Why are safety and cleanliness essential in a medical laboratory environment?