An overview of lab biosafety including risk assessments, exposures to pathogens, exposures to chemical hazards, and the rules that should be followed in a lab.
Audience: Students, visitors to laboratories
Update: August 2023
Category: Biosafety
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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
Category: Biosafety
Understand biosafety management measures in Containment Level 2 laboratories including laboratory safety procedures, proper use of biological safety cabinets, and working with small animals.
Audience: Visitors to the laboratory, new employees
Update: August 2013
Category: Containment / Containment Levels
Review safety procedures and practices in Containment Level 3 laboratories to prevent transmission and minimize release of infectious materials into the environment.
Audience: Visitors to the laboratory, new employees
Last update: August 2013
Category: Containment / Containment Levels
Information about the roles and responsibilities of Licence Holders or their representative, Biological Safety Officers, Individuals working with controlled activities, or Individuals working with SSBAs.
Audience: Laboratory personnel
Update: March 2024
Category: Acts and Regulations / Inspections
A demonstration of how to conduct a general walkthrough of a laboratory for the purpose of virtual inspections.
Audience: Laboratory personnel
Category: Acts and Regulations / Inspections