Handbook for Vigilance in the Chemical and Biohazard Environments

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
Acknowledgement
About the Editor
List of Abbreviations & Acronyms

Part One: Laboratories as Major Chemical and Biohazard Environments

Chapter 1: Overview of the Chemical and Biohazard Environment
Apollo Odhiambo Maima

Chapter 2: Role of Laboratories in Science Curricula Delivery
Apollo Odhiambo Maima

Chapter 3: Laboratory Safety and Security Management
Apollo Odhiambo Maima

Chapter 4: Comprehensive Laboratory Safety Guides
Apollo Odhiambo  Maima & Sarah A. Otieno

Part Two: Chemical and Biohazard Security

Chapter 5: Evaluation of Chemical Security Status
Apollo Odhiambo  Maima

Chapter 6: Management of Biological Specimen and Biohazard Risks
Apollo Odhiambo Maima

Chapter 7: Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Sustainable Development in Africa
Patrick O. Onyango & Collins O. Asweto

Chapter 8: Regulatory Classification of Hazardous Agents
Stanley N. Ndwigah

Chapter 9: Chemical Security in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Focus On Kenya and Somalia
Geoffrey Otieno, James J. Owuor, Patrick M. Shem, Simon Adede, Joab O. Onyango, & Austin O. Aluoch

Chapter 10: Regulation of the Handling, Safety and Security of Herbal Medicines; the Case of China
Lincoln L. Were Munyendo

Chapter 11: Industrial Effluent and Chemical Insecurity in the Indian Subcontinent 
Yasodha K. Janapati

Chapter 12: Management and Regulation of Chemical Laboratory Practice in India
Yasodha K. Janapati

Part Three: Design and Construction of Affordable Quality Laboratories

Chapter 13: Design Features of an Affordable, Quality Laboratory
Philip Mark Othigo

Chapter 14: General Design and Layout of a Laboratory
Philip Mark Othigo and Lincoln L. Were Munyendo

Part Four: Cost-Saving Laboratory Use

Chapter 15: Laboratory Operations and Management
Sarah A. Otieno and Apollo Odhiambo Maima

Chapter 16: Management of Laboratory Inventories and Waste
Apollo Odhiambo Maima and Sarah A. Otieno

Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
References
Index

Biography

Dr. Maima is Associate Professor of Pharmacy and the Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Maseno University, Kenya. He holds a PhD in Community Health and Development and Master of Pharmacy in 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.

Maima is a pharmaceutical chemist and analyst, public health specialist and epidemiologist, implementation research scientist, registered pharmacist in Kenya, and Good Standing Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya. His other current and past memberships include the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), the Experts/Specialization Committee, 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.