Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Who Should Attend our Biosafety Course?

Our Control of Biohazards course covers a variety of important topics such as infectious waste handling, biosafety practices, aerosol transmission, biosafety cabinet use, recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid research, laboratory acquired infection, biosafety training, biosafety management, occupational surveillance, bloodborne pathogens, and risk management principles.

https://www.legionella.com/biosafety-training/


The course involves a Pre- and Post-Exam and provides to each attendee the COB Training Certificate, 4.5 ABSA CM points, and a USB stick with 1,500 pages of continuously updated lecture slides and lecture handouts with hyperlinked tables of contents and hyperlinked references. 

Understanding how to handle dangerous biohazards is crucial to preventing laboratory accidents and contamination both in and out of the workplace. Below is a list of suggested job descriptions we recommend take our Control of Biohazards in the Research Laboratory Course:
  • Biosafety officers
  • Occupational medicine physicians and nurses
  • Safety officers
  • Industrial hygienists
  • Directors of health and safety programs
  • Biosafety committee chairs and members
  • Research compliance managers
  • Occupational health personnel
  • Clinical and biomedical laboratory supervisors
  • Scientists and technicians
  • Architects
  • Facility engineers
  • Laboratory animal veterinarians
  • Designated responsible facility officials
  • Security managers
The Control of Biohazards Course also provides the information needed by individuals applying to the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) International for designation as a Registered Biological Safety Professional (RBP) or plan to take the ABSA Biological Safety examination to qualify as a Certified Biological Safety Professional CBSP). The course awards 4.5 ABSA International CM points.

Whether participants have prior biosafety experience or not, this course provides in-depth information on how to handle biohazards and prevent contamination within their facility or workplace.