Job Hazard Analysis continues to reinforce the potential hazards with a process by examining the process. While SOPs discus dealing with hazards of a chemical category not the overall process that may use chemicals each having a SOP.
I also like using a What-If analysis.
But overall it is taking time to consider what could go wrong and how to mitigate or handle issues. This step back and examination is important even for processes that have been performed multiple times.
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> I think one can think of an SOP as an end product that can be generated as a means to convey appropriate steps to perform a task or experiment in the appropriate way , safety being only one consideration.
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> With regard to safety, once the appropriate hazard review is completed the results of the review can be incorporated and displayed through vehicles such as SOPs or control banding.
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> On Oct 27, 2018, at 2:18 PM, Stuart, Ralph
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>>>> Would that not be an SOP?
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>> Good question. The ACS document Identifying and Evaluating Hazards in Research Laboratories and the web version at
>> https://www.acs.org/hazardassessment
>> distinguishes between SOPs and Job Hazard Analyses. In my mind, a JHA is likely to be more focused on safety aspects of procedure, while an SOP is likely to include instrumentation considerations, quality assurance issues, and other data quality concerns as well as safety aspects of the work. I recognize that the terms are pretty fuzzy, particularly when lab workers and the legal community are talking to each other...
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