Laboratory Safety: Biosafety

Overview

Delivery method

Online

Duration

1 hour

Audience

Employees

Description

This course will provide CFIA staff with the knowledge and skills required to perform their work in a way that is safe for them and their colleagues by offering standardized training on biosafety. It will also help to create an incident reporting culture to contribute to a safer workplace.

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the elements of a biosafety program. Recognize the characteristics that determine different risk group levels.

• Recognize the physical containment requirements and operational practices for biocontainment levels.

• Identify safe work practices for biological hazards.

• Recognize different decontamination methods and determine important factors in decontamination.

• Identify the best practices for responding to a biological spill.