We will discuss safety issues and how to ensure you are working in an appropriate preparation area when handling samples.
You will have the opportunity to complete a risk assessment and establish what documentation is needed to support your work in sample preparation/lab areas.
There will be hands on training in centrifugation, pipetting, cleaning up spills and packaging samples for safe shipping.
Learning Objectives:
Theory Session – Laboratory Health and Safety
To gain an overview of health and safety legislation and guidance relating to laboratory safety
To gain information relating to key laboratory hazards/issues e.g. chemicals, biological agents, specimen transport and dry ice
To understand risk assessments and be able to carry one out as a part of the case study at the end of the day
Lab Practical- Hands on Training
How to use a biological safety cabinet
Centrifugation and what to do when things go wrong
How to handle and store samples in dry ice and liquid N2
Decanting from the primary blood tubes
How to use a disposable Pasteur pipettes for serum separation
How to handle blood spillage
Packaging samples for transportation
Facilitators: Sharon Wood, Beata Szitasi-Sieha, Shaheen Ali, Joel Abrahams, Amelia Rushton, Susanne Fagerbrink & Kelly Gleason