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Handbook for Vigilance in the Chemical and Biohazard Environments

Apollo Odhiambo Maima

Assessment and management of chemical and biohazard risks requires an understanding of the risks in the laboratory, environment and in the community. This handbook provides a guide on best management practices to help prevent costly oversights and dangers in practice, industrial and scientific settings. It offers tools to actively avoid ill effects by addressing complacency, good laboratory ethic, and proactive strategies to minimize risk. It examines the safety culture of chemicals in a laboratory setting, simultaneously serving as a proactive management exercise and helping to prevent costly oversights and dangers in practice.

Book Details

  • Publisher: CRC Press
  • Publish Date: May 7th, 2026
  • Pages: 392
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00in - 0.00lb
  • EAN: 9781041048527
  • Categories: Chemistry - Industrial & TechnicalChemical & BiochemicalBiotechnology

About the Author

Dr. Maima is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy and the Dean, School of Pharmacy, Maseno University - KENYA. He holds a PhD in Community Health and Development; and Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis). He is a former Dean and Program Leader of the School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences at the United States International University Africa. He is a Fellow of the Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA) of the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) and the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). He is also a Trained PhD Supervisor.

Dr. Maima is a Pharmaceutical Chemist & Analyst; Public Health Specialist & Epidemiologist; Implementation Research Scientist; Registered Pharmacist in Kenya & Good Standing Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya. His other current and past memberships include: International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP); Experts /Specialization Committee and that of the Training and Assessment Technical Committee of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Kenya; the Board of Management of the National Quality Control Laboratories; and the Ministerial Committee that prepared the Kenya National Pharmaceutical Policy (KNPP) of 2010. He is also the current President of the Association of Pharmacy Schools of Kenya (APSK) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Pharmaceutical Journal of Kenya.