Team:Hong Kong-CUHK/openlabday

Safety Training

The training focuses on biological safety and general & chemical safety. Specific topics learnt include:

● Safety laws and policy

● Fire safety and emergency procedures

● Electrical safety

● Safety information resources including MSDS

● Chemical handling requirements and waste disposal procedures

● Use of personal protective equipment

● Practicing safe science

● Use of fume cupboards

● Principles of biological Safety

● Risk group and biosafety Level

● Laboratory practices

● Bioaerosol

● Biosafety cabinet

● Sterilization

● Biowastes

● Genetically manipulated organisms

In detail, regarding Biological and Related Safety, we have learnt:

● Risk‐grouping of microorganisms by type

● Biosafety levels

● Abbreviated laboratory biosafety level criteria

● Handling blood and other "Products" of human origin

● Biosafety cabinets

● Hazards from "Microbial" aerosols

● Work with recombinant DNA

● Treatment of biological waste and spill cleanup

● Autoclave safety and disinfection

● Clinical Waste Disposal

For the laboratory safety training requirements of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, please refer to: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/useo/so/training.html