Amela Groso

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2016 - Present: Safety Competence Center, EPFL DSPS 2007 - 2016: Occupational Safety and Health at the Faculty of Basic Sciences, EPFL Education : 2004 - 2006 : Postdoctoral fellow at the beamline for Microtomography, Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland 2000 - 2004 : PhD student of Prof. Margaritondo G., Institut de physique de la matière complexe, EPFL, SwitzerlandPhD Thesis on Phase contrast X-ray imaging. 1997 - 2000 : Research fellowship for Personal training on beamlines and experimental stations at the Elettra, Synchrotron Light Source, Trieste (Italy). 1991 - 1997 : MSc in Physics, Physics department of the University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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Efficient management of nanomaterial hazards in a large number of research laboratories in an academic environment

Elina Buitrago, Amela Groso, Thierry Meyer, Anna Maria Novello

As the number of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) used in research increases with an incredible speed, health and safety specialists are continuously faced with the challenge of evaluating the risks involved with these materials. Nowadays there is not enough information about their toxicology and new materials are continuously being developed. Preliminary scientific results indicate that ENM might have a damaging impact on human health, which makes it even more important to have the right mitigation measures in place. To address this challenge a methodology of iterative nature has been developed, and this paper demonstrates how the iterative cycle is applied in practice and the added value this adds to the university in terms of economic value, protection of researcher health and identifying knowledge-gaps. The methodology is adaptive and learning based, and it takes into account both the hazard level of the ENM and the exposure. The usefulness and completeness of the methodology is demonstrated with an extensive classification of the activities involving ENM at the EPFL research campus. This classification allowed for a complete hazard portfolio and a simplified risk mapping, which facilitates resource allocation decision-making.

2020

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Managing Risks when Using Nanomaterials in Research

Elina Buitrago, Amela Groso, Thierry Meyer, Anna Maria Novello

As the number of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) used in research increases with an incredible speed, health and safety specialists are continuously faced with the challenge of evaluating the risks involved with these materials. Nowadays there is not enough information about their toxicology and new materials are continuously being developed. Preliminary scientific results indicate that ENM might have a damaging impact on human health, which makes it even more important to have the right mitigation measures in place. To address this challenge, a practical risk management procedure for working with ENM is presented. The task of choosing preventive and protective measures is largely simplified with a schematic decision tree approach that allows for a simple determination of the hazard level and Nano classification of a laboratory with three control bands. The methodology is adaptive and learning based, and it takes into account both the hazard level of the ENM and the exposure. The usefulness and completeness of the methodology is demonstrated with an extensive classification of the activities involving ENM in one of the EPFL research units. The research group handles inorganic nanomaterials both in powder form and in suspension. This classification allowed for a complete hazard and risk mapping, which facilitates resource allocation decision-making. This was demonstrated with the proposition of a set of technical, organizational and personal mitigation measures that has since then been implemented in the laboratories.

2019

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Safety management of nanomaterials in research labs

Elina Buitrago, Amela Groso, Thierry Meyer, Anna Maria Novello

2019

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