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Laboratory Biosafety: Introduction to Risk Assessment and Managing Biohazards

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Discover the importance of biosafety in laboratories with Universiti Malaya

Biosafety ensures the safe handling and containment of hazardous biological materials and infectious microorganisms. It is an essential best practice to avoid harmful effects on both the environment and human health.

On this three-week course, you’ll gain an understanding of the importance of biosafety as you learn how to recognise biohazards and biorisks.

You’ll learn to describe the controls in managing biorisks in laboratories inline with the updated WHO’s Laboratory Biosafety Manual, 4th Edition, which serves as a de facto global standard in biosafety.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  1. Identify the importance of laboratory biosafety
  2. Assess biohazards and biorisks in laboratories
  3. Apply a risk-based approach for biosafety in laboratories