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Hilton Fort Collins
Fort Collins, Colorado
From the organizers
A WEEK-LONG COURSE COVERING ANIMAL, GENERAL, AND PLANT BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY
The Biosafety and Biosecurity Training Course (BBTC®) is designed for persons who are interested in the varying aspects of the responsibility of biosafety professionals. It is also suitable for persons who supervise biosafety professionals and for those who will benefit from additional knowledge of biosafety as a complement to their primary responsibilities.
The weeklong training will address preparations for audits and inspections, BSL-2/BSL-3 building design and operations, clinical and public health lab biosafety, prion disease research, and field investigations. Participants will receive intensive and engaging training on aspects of biosafety and biosecurity, including interactive exercises and greenhouse tour. All lunches and an off-site dinner on Tuesday will be provided. The BBTC® emphasizes the ethics and principles of biosafety and is a perfect follow-up to ABSA’s Principles & Practices of Biosafety course. Please note: ABSA International BBTC® is solely an ABSA International course and is not affiliated with other organizations or institutions.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
Animal Session
- Describe the latest facility design for animal containment in large and small facilities
- Explain biosafety in prion disease research
- Summarize biosafety for field investigations
General Sessions
- Summarize the general principles of biosafety and biosecurity
- Discuss biosafety management, select agent regulations, emergency response, risk assessment and management
- Recognize inspection and audit preparation, dual use research of concern, biosafety cabinet certification, insectary design and management, clinical and public health biosafety and biosecurity
Plant Sessions
- Distinguish how crop security networks and plant diagnostic laboratory’s function
- Apply basic greenhouse design and management
- Identify the principles for transgenic plant and infectious disease research containment and synthetic biology
- Describe the USDA permit policies and procedures and plan a disease diagnostic lab network
Who should attend?
This course is intended for those biosafety professionals in the middle to expert level of the profession. Disciplines represented include biosafety, biosecurity, laboratory designers, laboratory management, program managers, vivarium management, maintenance and engineering. Participants include individuals from universities, private industry, and government. ABSA’s Principles & Practices of Biosafety® is a recommended prerequisite.