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Safety measures to be taken when moving to a new laboratory

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This chapter has been written with the hindsight of our experiences of moving into and opening a new comprehensive division of pathology, consisting of four major departments on a new hospital site. Previously, the clinical chemistry and haematology departments were situated in one hospital, and the microbiology and histopathology departments in a second hospital. These hospitals were 101 miles apart.

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  1. W. E. Green
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  1. Department für Innere Medizin, Universität Ulm, D-7900, Ulm/Donau, Federal Republic of Germany

    S. B. Pal

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Green, W.E., Donaldson, D. (1985). Safety measures to be taken when moving to a new laboratory. In: Pal, S.B. (eds) Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety Measures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9363-7_18

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