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Call for Participants for Training for Biosafety Officers (BSO) Training on Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity Dr Edith S. Tria,
President, Philippine Biosafety and Biosecurity
Association announces the conduct of Training of Trainers for BSO
on
November 2009. This will be hosted by UP Manila
in partnership with
PhBBA, and sponsored by US Biosecurity Engagement Program
(BEP) and
conducted by foreign experts coming from CDC-USA, NIH-USA
and
other BEP partner institutions. The training will entail at least
nine
modules, each of which has a duration of 2 weeks, spread over a
one-year period. This training program aims to develop a pool of
trainers
that will undertake continuing education and advocacy efforst on
laboratory biosafety and biosecurity in the country. Trainees are expected to be competent in the following areas after this training: a. Biosafety and Biosecuirty Risk Assessment b. Biocontainment practices and procedures c. Use of PPE, and safety equipment d. Infectious substances transport e. Managemnet of transgenic materials f. Lab. vivarium g. Biocontainment facilities h. Lab. incident response procedures i. Biosafety program management and biosecurity program management j. Regulatory farmework of transgenic materials and DUR; You may email phbba@yahoo.com for further queries, details of application procedures and criteria of participant's eligibility.
<Back PHBBA Secretariat: 517-4292 / 0915-790-1948 / 0923-855-9653
Web Address: www.phbba.org E-mail address: phbba@yahoo.com
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