Owolabi Joshua O, Tijani Ahmad A, Ihunwo Amadi O
Anatomy Department, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda.
Department of Anatomy, Ben Carson School of Medicine, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2022 May 4;15:889-893. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S362305. eCollection 2022.
Anatomy in the context of medical or health science often requires dissection. Anatomical dissection is the purposeful and procedural exploration of the human tissues and organs by physically cutting through defined body planes, regions, and organs to access, define and explore the structures in a manner that facilitates learning. Anatomical dissection is a basic requirement for anatomical and medical education. It is a requirement in certain other fields of health sciences as well. Unfortunately, in many instances, the prosector and dissector in the anatomy laboratories are not considered for the hazards to which they are exposed whether in their health plans or remuneration package. Dissectors, unlike conventional hospital laboratory workers are often considered routine workers or teaching assistants. This is the case, for example, in many African medical institutions. Administrators possibly presume that hazards are only associated with service laboratories in the hospital or teaching hospital departments. It would therefore serve the purpose of advocacy, education, and orientation to highlight the hazards that these individuals who serve as dissectors, prosectors and laboratory staff members are exposed to. This commentary highlights the nature and sources of risks that anatomists who dissect, prosect and work in anatomical laboratories are exposed to. It also highlights how the rights and health of anatomists who dissect can be protected with specific recommendations. Hence, the recommendations speak to policies and practices that are required to serve this purpose. After highlighting the major risks that anatomists who dissect might face, and the major causes of the risks, we wish to propose ways by which these could be addressed based on these key considerations: protect, prevent, and compensate. This is what we have also termed the PPC principle for protecting the health and professional rights of anatomists who dissect and work in anatomical laboratories.
在医学或健康科学领域，解剖学研究通常需要进行解剖操作。解剖学解剖是指通过有目的地、按程序地切割特定的身体平面、区域和器官，对人体组织和器官进行探索，从而以有助于学习的方式观察、界定和探究其结构。解剖学解剖是解剖学和医学教育的一项基本要求，在其他一些健康科学领域也是如此。不幸的是，在许多情况下，解剖实验室的解剖者和解剖标本制作人员，无论是在健康保险计划还是薪酬待遇方面，都未被考虑到他们所面临的风险。与传统医院实验室工作人员不同，解剖者通常被视为普通工作人员或教学助理。例如，在许多非洲医疗机构就是这种情况。管理人员可能认为风险仅与医院或教学医院科室的服务实验室相关。因此，强调担任解剖者、解剖标本制作人员和实验室工作人员所面临的风险，将有助于进行宣传、教育和引导。本评论着重介绍了解剖、解剖标本制作以及在解剖实验室工作的解剖学家所面临风险的性质和来源。同时，还通过具体建议强调了如何保护解剖学家的权利和健康。因此，这些建议针对实现这一目标所需的政策和做法。在强调了解剖学家可能面临的主要风险以及这些风险的主要成因之后，我们希望基于以下关键考虑因素提出应对这些风险的方法：保护、预防和补偿。这也就是我们所说的保护在解剖实验室进行解剖和工作的解剖学家的健康和职业权利的PPC原则。
