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Laboratory Biosafety Part 1: Understanding Risk (US)

Understand workplace exposure routes, classify infectious materials, and learn steps for assessing and managing associated risks effectively.

Individual course 0.03 CE credits 17 min

About this course

Do you know how exposure to potentially infectious materials can occur in your laboratory? Take this course to find out. You will learn about common biosafety hazard classification systems and the steps used to assess and manage the risks associated with potentially infectious biological materials. This course is ideal for anyone who works in a laboratory setting.

What you will learn

 Recall how exposure to potentially infectious materials can occur in the workplace via four exposure routes;

 Classify potentially infectious materials using risk groups and biosafety levels;

 Identify the steps in assessing and managing the risks associated with potentially infectious materials

Regulations and board approvals

CDC/NIH Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL)