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
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 20 minutes
Update: August 2023
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
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
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 30 minutes
Update: August 2013
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
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 25 minutes
Last update: August 2013
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
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 5 minutes
Update: March 2024
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