The School of Preventive Medicine and Public Health (SPMPH) is pleased to announce the BIOSAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LEVEL II BIOSAFETY LABORATORIES as follows:
Target audience: Laboratory personnel and interested healthcare workers.
Course duration: 40 hours
Instructors: Hanoi Medical University (HMU)
I. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand general principles of biosafety and identify biological risks in the laboratory (know).
- Enhance professional commitment and readiness to perform laboratory tasks (feel).
- Manage laboratory incidents, perform triple-packaging procedures for specimen transport, and safely operate laboratory equipment and materials (do).
II. TEACHING METHODS
Application of active teaching and learning methods: brainstorming, presentations, group discussions, and small-group reporting.
Utilization of teaching aids such as markers, whiteboards, A0 paper, sticky notes, computers, and projectors.
Materials: Handouts provided by instructors and/or PowerPoint lecture files.
III. DETAILED SCHEDULE
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Time |
Content |
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Day 1 |
Morning |
Overview and general principles of biosafety |
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Afternoon |
Specimen collection and transport |
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Day 2 |
Morning |
Laboratory biological risk management and biological risk assessment |
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Afternoon |
Safety in bacterial culture |
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Day 3 |
Morning |
Safe use of laboratory equipment |
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Afternoon |
Chemical safety and laboratory incident management |
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Day 4 |
Morning |
Safety in biological waste handling and management |
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Afternoon |
Laboratory decontamination |
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