Date of Completion
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
Keywords
Waste Management, Medical Waste Disposal
Abstract
The researchers evaluated the chemistry-based laboratory manuals of the Dr. Mariano Que College of Pharmacy (DMQCP) - Batch 2018 to 2022, to be able to create a chemical hazard database of all the chemicals - a database which consists of the chemical’s hazards, hazard severity, risk likelihood, distribution of the experiment, total used per experiment, total amount used per subject, and its waste classification using Microsoft Excel - with the help of adapting the concept of Stanford Laboratory Risk Assessment Tool (RAT) and Green Chemistry. The database allowed the researchers to reduce the amount of chemicals to be used in experiments by reducing the task distributions in a class. As the task distribution decreases, the hazard will also decrease. Based on the results of this study, the researchers concluded that Green Chemistry must be introduced and implemented by DMQCP in order to evaluate and reduce the hazards and risks of chemicals used in laboratories which is helpful in solving both ethical and environmental issues encountered in using laboratory chemicals.
First Advisor
Timotny Jay L. Bengala
APA Citation
Baustista, M. P., Catig, C. M., Gil, T. M., & Matibag, G. (2021). Adapting the green chemistry and Stanford laboratory risk assessment tool (RAT) to evaluate the potential hazards and risks of the chemical reagents to minimize the laboratory wastes in the De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute - Dr. Mariano Que College of Pharmacy. [Bachelor's thesis, De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute]. GreenPrints. https://greenprints.dlshsi.edu.ph/bsp/29/