SEALAB aims at reinforcing national health systems in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar to enable them to respond to emerging infectious diseases, which could potentially be pandemic. The focus will be on strengthening laboratories working at facility level.
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Training Session 2 - Biosafety and Biosecurity
This is the Biosafety and Biosecurity training developed by Fondation Merieux.-
This training is based on the Laboratory biosafety manual, 4th edition from WHO.
Introduction
The course content will be as follow:
Session 1: From hazard to risk- Unit 1 - From hazard to risk
- A fun way to introduce safety and security in laboratories
Session 2: Risk Assessment- Unit 1 - Risk Assessment
Session 3: Biosafety laboratory- Unit 1 - Main principles of containment and laboratory design
- Unit 2 - Laboratory workflows by WHO
Session 4: Biosafety cabinet- Unit 1 - BSC presentation
- Unit 2 - BSC use demonstration by WHO
Session 5: Personal protective equipment- Unit 1 - Personal Protective Equipment
- Unit 2 - PPE use by WHO
Session 6: Decontamination and Waste management- Unit 1 - Decontamination
- Unit 2 - Live demonstration of surface decontamination by WHO
- Unit 3 - Waste management
- Unit 4 - Autoclave: Principles, use and maintenance by WHO
- Unit 5 - Sharps handling by WHO
Session 7: Emergency-Incident response- Unit 1 - Emergency and Incident Response
Session 8: Transport- Unit 1 - Transportation principles
- Unit 2 - Biological samples transport by WHO
ConclusionQuiz
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