- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Biosafety Principles & Practices
Issued by
Dalhousie University
Earners of the Biosafety Principles and Practices microcredential can identify the regulatory and operational requirements to safely work with biohazardous materials, including choosing appropriate personal protective equipment, safe operation of essential biosafety equipment, effective decontamination procedures, incident reporting and response procedures, and identifying good biosecurity practices.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
-
Earners of this microcredential engaged with a series of scenarios identifying how they would proceed to conduct activities with biohazardous materials, including determining regulatory oversight, selecting and using appropriate personal protective equipment, safely operating essential biosafety equipment, performing effective laboratory decontamination, incident reporting, and identifying good biosecurity practices. Earners had to achieve 100% in each of these scenarios.