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: 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.
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 5 minutes
Update: July 2024
The model of standardized regulatory practices describes the foundational elements for an effective incident reporting system.
Audience: International community of stakeholders in biosafety and biosecurity
Resource Type: E-Learning
Update: August 2023
Resource Type: Bulletins
Resource Type: Bulletins
Resource Type: Bulletins
Resource Type: Bulletins
This webinar will provide updates on Laboratory Incident Reporting Canada 2022 Annual Report, Risk Group 3 Fungi Directive, Licensing updates and the Canadian Biosafety (CBS3) mobile app.
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 1 hour
This webinar will describe what is an incident. You will find out just how many types of incidents exist. How do you report a lab incident? To whom do you report these incidents? What are mandatory and voluntary incidents? What is involved? Why do we need to do this?
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 1 hour
The Centre for Biosecurity will provide short updates on several of its activities as it resumes its regular webinar series. The topics that will be covered in this webinar include: Overview of the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act / Regulations review; Updates to Schedule 1 of the Human Pathogens and Toxins Act; Canadian Biosafety Standard (CBS) 3 timelines; SARS-CoV-2 biosafety advisory; Voluntary reporting; and Virtual Inspections.
The target audience for this webinar are Licence Holders, Biological Safety Officers and anyone else interested in these topics.
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 1 hour