Biosafety and Blood borne Pathogen Safety in the Lab

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created regulations and guidelines that are recommended while working with biological materials, specifically, with blood borne pathogens. Join this webinar as we review these guidelines.

Join in this webinar as we review how best to approach biosafety. We will also discuss how to implement an effective management program for blood borne infections, safety and health, laboratory safety, infectious material and blood infection. This webinar is intended to help you build on a framework to set up a successful management policy particularly if you work in a laboratory with exposure to viruses or bacteria that are biological hazards. This session will show you a better way to manage your Biosafety program,

Areas Covered in the Session :

• Principles of biosafety and blood borne pathogens
• Risk groups for biological materials
• Biosafety containment levels for work with biological materials
• Engineering controls and key differences between a biosafety cabinet and a chemical fume hood
• Universal precautions to prevent infection
• Personal protective equipment and clothing
• Sharps management
• Signage and labeling
• Waste and spill management

Who Should Attend:

• EHS Staff
• Occupational Health Staff
• Laboratory Staff
• Team Leads
• Supervisors
• Managers
• Business Owners

Course Director: DANIELLE DELUCY ‎

Danielle DeLucy, MS, is owner of ASA Training and Consulting, LLC which provides Pharmaceutical and Biologics based companies with training and quality systems  assistance in order to meet Regulatory compliance. Prior to this role, Danielle has been in the industry for 15 years serving in numerous Quality Management Roles, such as the Director of Product Quality, the oversight of Sterility Assurance practices and provided QA oversight of numerous filling and packaging operations. Danielle began her QA career as a Quality Control Pharmaceutical Microbiologist at a contract laboratory where she performed various tests for their clients. In the years after, she has held positions in the Quality management arena while increasing her responsibility. She has helped to lead many Regulatory Health Inspections and was instrumental in the coaching process of her peers prior to any inspection. Currently, Danielle assists companies who are faced with warning letters, consent decrees and those wishing to improve compliance establish more robust quality systems so that the company can succeed.