Biosafety Training

Last updated October 14, 2009 9:58:44 AM PDT

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Learn how to access required and recommended biosafety training.

Responsibilities

Principal investigators and supervisors must identify job-specific hazards and make sure personnel attend required and recommended safety training appropriate for the work performed.

Print and complete a New Laboratory Worker Checklist (PDF) for every lab worker. File the form with other department safety training records.

Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP)

Required for personnel* prior to beginning work with human blood, human blood components, products made from human blood, human body fluids, unfixed human tissue or organs, human cell lines, animals with human xenografts, bloodborne pathogens, or other potentially infectious materials.

Annual BBP Refresher Training is required thereafter.

How to get the training:

Register for Biosafety: Bloodborne Pathogens at Enrollment Central.
See Supplemental reference materials (publications and forms) for this course.

*Medical Center health care providers have location specific training. Contact the Medical Center Safety Office, (619) 543-7575, for more information.

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Annual Bloodborne Pathogens Refresher

Required annually for personnel* who work with human blood, human blood components, products made from human blood, human body fluids, unfixed human tissue or organs, human cell lines, animals with human xenografts, bloodborne pathogens, or other potentially infectious materials.

Prerequisite:

Prior to participating in this annual refresher course, you must have completed the instructor-led Biosafety: Bloodborne Pathogens course above.

How to get the training:

Complete the Web-based Annual Bloodborne Pathogens Refresher Training tutorial on Enrollment Central using one of the links below.
See Supplemental reference materials (publications and forms) for this course.

Web-based training links:

If you have a UCSD employee or student ID number, use this EC credit link to have the tutorial automatically recorded on your Enrollment Central and MyTraining training histories.
If you don't have a UCSD ID number, use this Certificate only link and print a Certificate of Completion when you finish the tutorial.
Important: Fax or e-mail a copy of your Certificate of Completion to:
- E-mail: ehsbio@ucsd.edu
- Fax: (858) 534-1510

*Medical Center health care providers have location specific training. Contact the Medical Center Safety Office, (619) 543-7575, for more information.

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