Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice on laboratory safety in University Malaysia Kelantan

Though anyone who comes into contact with potentially harmful compounds should be concerned about their safety, people who work with harmful chemicals on frequently, including students and lab workers, are especially at risk. Inappropriate behaviour could result in mishaps. A few examples of laboratory mistakes include a chemical-related fire in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Malaya in 2001 and a laboratory at the School of Applied Physics at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2005. A survey about knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding laboratory safety has been undertaken among students at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan. Furthermore, this study with the objective of to evaluate the degree of knowledge, attitude, and actions regarding laboratory safety on students and to compare mean of knowledge, attitude, and practice by demographic in laboratory safety.as well as the relationship between the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding laboratory safety. In order to conduct the survey for this study, questionnaires are distributed using an internet platform. This survey includes about 338 participants UMK. The data have been analysed using ANOVA, descriptive analysis, and inferential analysis of independent t-test. This research will support University Malaysia Kelantan's efforts to ensure student safety in the lab, there is a need to understand how students perceive laboratory safety and how aware students are of laboratory safety actions. Because not everyone can tolerate laboratory safety in the laboratory. The correlation between knowledge and attitude show high correlation (r = 0.722, N = 338, p < 0.05). This study shows that the respondents were aware of the laboratory safety while in experiment. Therefore, the respondents realize that laboratory hazard will occur accident if take it for granted or did not used PPE. So, a number of recommendations may be required to increase awareness of the importance of laboratory safety based on the survey's results.