An overview of microbiology with a biosafety context including microorganism characteristics, pathogen identification, and factors causing disease.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Course updated: July 2024
Practices to identify the purpose of personal protective equipment and identify which equipment to use in your environment.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Update: February 2024
Practices to use biological safety cabinets, including the elements required for proper use in a lab, and the safety considerations
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Update: April 2024
Learn about laboratory acquired infections and intoxications both in historical trends and carried forward today.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Updated: June 2024
A tool to help countries or regions build or strengthen their biosafety and biosecurity systems to mitigate risks when working with biological agents.
Audience: Scientists, legal, political, security or policy personnel
Updated: June 2024
Working in a laboratory can expose individuals to a range of sharps hazards. This video provides an overview of a range of potential sharps risks, and demonstrates these risks through specific actions and behaviours that should be avoided. An emphasis is placed instead on using preventative measures and proper equipment to ensure that risks are reduced for workers in a laboratory when sharps are present.
Update: July 2024
Understand indicators of inside and outside threats to information and knowledge related to biological research and perform mitigation strategies.
Audience: Individuals who handle and store pathogens and toxins in controlled environments
Update: March 2024
Identify situations that require a local risk assessment and conduct it for a small area of your facility.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Update: February 2024
Consider a biosecurity risk assessment to evaluate risks in your facility. An overview of the Canadian Biosafety Guideline, Conducting a Biosecurity Risk Assessment.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Update: March 2024
Review good microbiological laboratory practices required for handling infectious material or toxins.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Update: February 2024