Safety
Courses
Packing and Shipping Dangerous Goods: What the Laboratory Staff Must Know
This course offers a detailed study of packing and shipping Division 6.2 infectious substances and dry ice according to DOT and IATA regulations.
Fundamentals of Working Safely with Formaldehyde and Glutaraldehyde
This course aims to equip you with knowledge about the properties, health risks, hazard controls, work practices, and protective equipment needed to safely handle formaldehyde and glutaraldehyde.
Public Health Laboratories (PHL) 101
Public health laboratories focus on diseases and the health status of population groups. They perform limited diagnostic testing, reference testing, and disease surveillance.
These materials provide an overview of public health laboratory core functions and services.
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Fundamentals of Bloodborne Pathogens
This course provides training to help you develop the knowledge and skills to protect yourself and others while working with blood and OPIM. Your employer may require additional information and training to protect you from specific workplace hazard.
OneLab VR: Centrifuge Safety Scenario
The goal for this scenario is for the user to select the correct tubes, properly balance, and load the centrifuge during the centrifugation process.
Fundamentals of Methylene Chloride Safety
This basic-level course provides information on the chemical properties and adverse health effects associated with the use of methylene chloride, or dichloromethane (DCM), in clinical and public health laboratories.
Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety
This course provides an overview of laboratory safety for clinical and public health laboratory personnel
Fundamentals of Handling Compressed Gas Cylinders Safely
This course introduces clinical and public health laboratory professionals to the physical and chemical hazards associated with compressed gas and compressed gas cylinders, control measures to mitigate risks, and how to work safely with compressed gases and gas cylinders in the laboratory.
LabTrainingVR: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Edition
Practice selecting the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and properly donning and doffing it in a virtual museum.
Introduction to Laboratory Risk Management (LRM)
Apply risk management principles and practices to laboratory settings.
LabTrainingVR: Biological Safety Cabinet Edition
A virtual reality (VR) course: Practice setting up, working in, decontaminating, and shutting down a biosafety cabinet (BSC) in a virtual laboratory.
Fundamentals of Working Safely in a Biological Safety Cabinet
Identify major parts of a Class II biological safety cabinet (BSC) and implement proper practices for its safe and effective operation.
Fundamentals of Chemical Fume Hood Safety
Identify major components of a chemical fume hood and implement proper practices for its safe and effective operation.
Fundamentals of Centrifuge Safety
Identify major parts of a centrifuge, types of centrifuges, potential hazards, how to work safely with a centrifuge, and emergency protocol. Identify major parts of a centrifuge and implement proper practices for its safe and effective operations.
Events
Something Is Strange - Let's Notify the LRN!
Clinical laboratories must be alert for unusual and potentially infectious agents and immediately
...Lab Safety in the Age of AI: Evaluating Multimedia Options
October is Biosafety & Biosecurity Month!
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Is it Magic or Simply a Great Biosafety Plan?
A comprehensive biosafety plan serves as the backbone for developing a strong biosafety culture.
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Evaluating Your Laboratory’s Risk Management Process or Quality Improvement Process
Quality management can help prevent risk, and risk management can help improve quality.
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