Department of Ilaj-Bit-Tadbeer

1. Eye protection, appropriate gloves, and laboratory coats are required in the laboratory when working with chemicals.

2. Any additional or specific PPE must be worn where the risk assessment indicates the need. These should be removed before leaving the laboratory.

3. Disposable gloves should not be re-used.

4. Closed-toes shoes are required whenever you are working in the laboratory, even if you are just entering data.

5. Know where the accident and safety equipment are located:

6. Fire Extinguishers –main exit door

7. Emergency Shut-off on Equipment – Follow the manual of each system.

8. A clear path must be maintained at all times.

9. All members are responsible for maintaining their laboratory in a clean, organized & safe condition.

10. Always clean up after yourself, as a cleaner or colleague may not know what the spillage is.

11. When leaving Lab, you are responsible for the safe disposal of all of your chemicals, solvents, cultures, etc.

12. Food and drink must not be used up in laboratories or be stored in laboratory refrigerators or freezers.

13. Eating, drinking, smoking, handling contact lenses, or applying cosmetics is not permitted in the laboratories.

14. Wash your hands after handling chemical materials, after removing gloves, and before leaving the laboratory.

15. High-risk work should only be performed during working hours when other members of staff are present.

16. Working after hours should only be done if it is unavoidable.

17. The Supervisor is responsible for assessing the risk of work being carried out and whether the person undertaking the work is competent.

18. If equipment breaks down or needs maintenance, make sure it is decontaminated before asking someone to work on it.

19. Do not continue using equipment that seems faulty or try to repair it yourself; report it to the Laboratory in-charge or Chairperson of Department.

20. Before using equipment for the first time, study the instruction manual and seek training from an experienced operator. If in doubt, speak with your Chairperson of Department or Lab Incharge.

21. After finishing an experiment, or when taking a break or going home, clean up as follows:

22. Replace tops on solutions and return containers to appropriate places.

23. Replace lids on all pipette canisters.

24. Rinse and decontaminate all dirty glassware and place it in the trolley for wash up.

25. Turn off equipment.

26. Wipe down benches, close windows and doors, and turn off lights.

General SOPs for Regimenal Therapy Unit

• The patients in the hospital shall be referred only by the consulting physician for the various regimenal therapies (massage, cupping, leeching, etc.), and the note shall be put down in the Treatment Card/Case sheet of the patient for such a referral.

• Every case will be entered in the register for a proper case record, and the data will be provided to the office every month and to the competent authority on demand.

• After entry in the register, the serial number of registrations will be written on the front page of the IPD file for easy retrieval of the same proforma on the next visit.

• The regimenal specialist shall go through the Treatment history and ensure to carry out the Procedure accurately according to the SOP available.

• Before initiating the Procedure, the regimenal specialist shall also examine the patient. If any discrepancy or doubt arises regarding the prescribed therapy, it may be clarified and resolved with the referring consultant.

• The informed consent must be taken from the patient or the legal guardian in every case by the consultant before commencing any regimenal procedure.

• The vitals must be recorded by the regimenal specialist before, during, and after any procedure.

• General and specific parameters of safety related to the ongoing regimenal Procedure shall be strictly followed in every case. These safety measures are extant in the SOP of the specific Procedure.

• After the regimenal Procedure, the remarks, especially about the occurrence of any adverse event and the measures taken to safeguard the patient, must be put down by the regimenal specialist on the proforma; information shall be given immediately to the consulting physician. The course of the treatment may, thereafter, be changed as per the plan provided by the consultant.

• If no adverse event occurs, the due date will be given for the next sitting.

• The patient will be shifted to the ward after the completion of the regimenal Procedure.

• On completion of the Procedure, it will be recorded in the Treatment Card/Case sheet.

• The  SOPs of specific Regimens are being displayed in the concerned lab

Policy & Procedures for Seminar Library

• The Seminar shall remain open on all the working days.

• The Seminar Library books are kept in glass almirah with accession numbers provided by Maulana Azad Library.

• The services of the Departmental Seminar will be provided to the Teaching Staff, Post Graduate Students, and interns of the Department. 

• In special circumstances, the services of the seminar library may be extended to the other students of the AMU with the permission of the Chairman.

• The Department will maintain an Accession Register and a Record of Issuing the Books as per norms/ rules of the Seminar Library.

• Seminar In charge will also maintain the separate register for Departmental Seminar and Journal Club.

Return Policy of Library Books:

• Academic Staff: 4 books will be issued for Two weeks

• Non-Academic Staff: 2 books will be issued for five days

• Research Scholars: 2 books will be issued for one week

SOPs for the Office of Department of Ilaj Bit Tadbeer:

• Official Working Hours
  8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

• The concerned person will collect the keys from the Chairman and open the Department at 7:45   AM, followed by the Office, laboratories, chambers of the staff, etc.

• Before closing the Department, all the electrical switches and water taps will be checked by the person designated by the Chairman of the Department.

• Cleaning & Dusting of the Department will be done on a daily basis by the Unskilled Staff.

• All the staff members will sign in the attendance register, and “on leave” is written if anyone is on leave.

• Concerned staff should update the Notice board regularly.

• Concerned staff must update the Departmental web page regularly.

Receive & Dispatch:

• All the papers received in the Office of the Department, the details of the paper will be entered in the receipt register.

• The Office Clerk will put the Papers before the Chairman for necessary comments, and the papers will be returned to the Office for the record or necessary action as marked by the Chairman.

• The papers will be placed in the respective file folders.

• The details of all the papers which are to be dispatched from the Office will be entered in the Dispatch Register.

• Dispatched letters will be sent to the respective offices on the same day.