b:Alternate-Biosafety-Contact

Courses tagged with "b:Alternate-Biosafety-Contact"

The changes to the Licence requirement, and how it affects your licence.


Audience: Biological Safety Officers, Licence Holders, Licence Holder Representatives

Resource Type: E-Learning

Duration: less than 30 minutes

Course updated: March 2026

Learn about laboratory acquired infections and intoxications both in historical trends and carried forward today. 

Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals

Resource Type: E-Learning

Duration: 45 minutes

Updated: August 2025

Category: Biosafety
Audience: Any person in a laboratory

Duration: 60 minutes

Course updated: July 2025

Using the wrong respirator can be as dangerous as not having one at all. The Canadian Standards Association requires employers to employ a respiratory protection program.
Category: Biosafety

Identify situations that require a local risk assessment and conduct it for a small area of your facility.

Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals

Resource Type: E-Learning

Duration: 75 minutes

Update: February 2024

Given a pathogen, identify the factors to consider and the methodology of assessing the risk of the pathogen.

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

Resource Type: E-Learning

Duration: 135 minutes

Update: March 2024

Learn the key points about the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act and the corresponding regulations.

Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals 

Resource Type: E-Learning

Duration: 70 minutes

Update: March 2026 

Understand the inspection activities for facilities conducting controlled activities under the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act and the Health of Animals Act

Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals 

Resource Type: E-Learning

Duration: 45 minutes

Update: May 2026

Information about the roles and responsibilities of Licence Holders or their representative, Biological Safety Officers, Alternate Biosafety Contacts, Individuals working with controlled activities, or Individuals working with SSBAs.

Audience: Laboratory personnel

Resource Type: Video

Duration: 25 minutes

Update: April 2026

A demonstration of how to conduct a general walkthrough of a laboratory for the purpose of virtual inspections.

Audience: Laboratory personnel

Resource Type: Video

Duration: 4 minutes