COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SAFETY PRINCIPLES IN LABORATORY PRACTICES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBE 5040 SAFETY PRINCIPLES IN LABORATORY PRACTICES ELECTIVE 1 0 0 2

Offered By

The Institute Of Health Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR YAVUZ DOĞAN

Offered to

Medical Biology and Genetics
Biochemistry
Basic Oncology
Molecular Medicine
Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
Biophysics
The Institute Of Health Sciences
Microbiology
Biomechanics
Basic Nuclear Medicine
Anatomy
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND ACCREDITATION IN HEALTH CARE
Histology and Embryology
Medical Physics
Basic Oncology
Medical Parasitology
PHYSIOLOGY
Pharmacology
Exercise Physiology
Laboratory Animal Science
Toxicology
Molecular Medicine

Course Objective

Provide a safe working skills and habits in the laboratory during the trial, determine the potential risks that could arise and enable student to apply protective measures needed to counteract the unwanted accidents.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying the concept and principles outlined in Biosafety
2   Able to have a knowledge of laboratory acquired pathogens and preventive methods.
3   Associate the risk connection between the biosafety levles and laboratory acquired pathogens
4   Apply the good microbiological laboratory rules and skills
5   Abbility to make an environmental risk assessment
6   Determine the association between the laboratory acquired infections and safety rules

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of biosafety principles (risk measures of biological agents, Biosafety levels)
2 Good laboratory working methods and applications,national and international regulations
3 Recombinant DNA safety works and Secondary mechanical protective systems (biological safety cabinet selection, usage)
4 Blood-borne pathogens programes (assesment of risk, risk, universal precautions , safe operating rules, and follow-up treatment after an accident)
5 Laboratory animal facilities Biosafety Levels
6 Principles and applications of decontamination and disinfection, Processing and disposal of medical wastes
7 Safe working practices radiation and radionuclides
8 Mid term
9 Chemical hazards and precautions
10 Biophysical and Physical factors, the negative effects on human
11 Risk perception and assesment
12 Safety checklist , Inspection and audit
13 Accident and incident investigation
14 Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laborotories 5th edition 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institutes of Health.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Laboratory biosafety manuel 3th edition 2004, World Health Organization, Geneva
2. Laboratory biorisk management standard 2008, European Comittee for Standardization
3. Dokuz Eylul Hospital Clinical laboratory biosafety handbook.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical training

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 FIN FINAL EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE FIN*1
3 RST RESIT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) RST*1


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

applying the written final exam at the end of the period considered.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yavuz.dogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Reading 14 1 14
Field study 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.255
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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