Laboratory risk assessment - MATRIX

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1	Matrix to assess risk in the laboratory You can download this file and fill it according to your laboratory's situation, in order to evaluate the risk and take the adequate actions. Plese consult the instruction available on the GLOSOLAN website on how to fill the matrix and the table to evaluate the results obtained,	Consequences to People		Minor impact on skills	Minor impact on capability	Unavailability of core skills (affecting services)	Unavailability of critical skills or personnel	Prolonged unavailability of critical skills /people
2		Consequences to People		Minor injury or first aid treatment	Injury requiring treatment by medical practitioner	Major injury/ hospitalization	Single death and or multiple major injuries	Multiple deaths
3	Quantitative Likelihood	Multiply the two numbers and report the result in the table, where the axes of the two numbers intersect		Severity
4	Quantitative Likelihood			Insignificant 1	Negligible 2	Moderate 3	Extensive 4	Significant 5
5	Has occurred on an annual basis in this organization or given the current situation, it is predicted that this will occur	Likelihood	Almost certain 5
6	Has occurred in the last few years in this organization or recently in other similar organizations or, given recent circumstances it is predicted to occur in the near future		Likely 4
7	Has occurred at least once in the history of this organization or is considered to have 5% chance of occurring in the near future		Possible 3
8	Has never occurred in this organization but has occurred infrequently in other similar organizations or is considered to have 1% chance of occurring in the next few years		Unlikely 2
9	Is possible but has not occurred to date in this organization or in any similar organization, and is considered to have much less than 1% chance of occurring in the next few years		Rare 1
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