COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY SAFETY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TLT 1175 LABORATORY SAFETY COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Medical Laboratory Techniques

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR YAVUZ DOĞAN

Offered to

Medical Laboratory Techniques

Course Objective

Identify biological, chemical and physical hazards and potential risks. Then they can take the necessary protective measures to prevent possible accidents that may arise. The main purpose of this lesson is or to gain the knowledge and skills to eliminate these risks.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Having knowledge about principles of laboratory safety
2   Understand the coralation between risk groups and biosafety level
3   Be able to apply safe laboratory practices
4   Having a knowkedge about factors effects risk and precautions
5   Able to asses laboratory risks
6   Able to determine the relationship between the concepts of accident and safe working conditions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 LABORATORY SAFETY AND BASIC CONCEPTS
2 SAFE WORKING PRACTICES
3 HAZARD AND RISK CONCEPT
4 Biological Hazards
5 Bloodborne pathogens and precations
6 Biological Safety Cabinets
7 PHYSICAL HAZARDS
8 CHEMICAL HAZARDS-1
9 CHEMICAL HAZARDS-2
10 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
11 Decontamination, disinfection, sterilization
12 WASTE MANAGEMENT

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak: Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laborotories 5th edition 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institutes of Health.
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
1. Laboratory biosafety manuel 3th edition 2004, World Health Organization, Geneva
2. Laboratory biorisk management standard 2008, European Comittee for Standardization
Referanslar:
Diğer ders materyalleri: Dokuz Eylül Hastanesi Merkez Lab. Biyogüvenlik el kitabı

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS ArasınavTeo
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE AS * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) AS * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Quiz etc. 2 1 2
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 22

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.5
LO.6