General Biosafety Training

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Monday July 24, 2017 - Tuesday July 25, 2017
      9:30 am - 10:59 am
  • Location: 793 Marietta St. EHS Training Room 102
  • Phone: 404-385-4635
  • URL: Directions
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
Contact

Biosafety Officer

404-894-6120

biosafety@ehs.gatech.edu

 

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Training for individuals working with biological materials

Full Summary: Topics covered include review of research by biosafety committees, basic biosafety information, waste disposal, sharps handling, GT shipping rules, and much more.

Safety in the biological laboratory environment is an important mission of all research personnel at Georgia Tech. This course will discuss all the guidelines, regulations, and management practices for conducting and maintaining a safe laboratory environment. Topics covered include review of research by biosafety committees, basic biosafety information, waste disposal, sharps handling, GT shipping rules, and much more. New researchers and students are required to attend this training upon starting research. This training should be retaken every 3 years. 


Who Should Attend? All current and prospective Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students that conduct any type of biological research in the laboratory environment. 

You may sign up for the course in Rostertech: https://training.osp.gatech.edu/

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
No
Groups

EHS - Biosafety, EHS

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Training/Workshop
Keywords
biosafety
Status
  • Created By: mbegum8
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: May 26, 2017 - 12:44pm
  • Last Updated: May 26, 2017 - 12:44pm