COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOSAFETY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIK 5009 BIOSAFETY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES ELECTIVE 1 2 0 2

Offered By

Microbiology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR YAVUZ DOĞAN

Offered to

Microbiology
Medical Parasitology

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 Overview of Laboratory Acquired Infections PRESENTATION
2 Definition of biosafety principles (risk measures of biological agents, Biosafety levels) PRESENTATION
3 Good laboratory working methods and applications PRESENTATION
4 Secondary mechanical protective systems (biological safety cabinet selection, usage) PRESENTATION
5 Personal protective equipment (what, where and when) PRESENTATION
6 Blood-borne pathogens programes (assesment of risk, risk, universal precautions , safe operating rules, and follow-up treatment after an accident) PRESENTATION
7 Principles and applications of decontamination and disinfection PRESENTATION
8 Processing and disposal of medical wastes PRESENTATION
9 Chemicals: hazards and precautions PRESENTATION
10 Risk assessment PRESENTATION
11 Safety checklist and audit PRACTICE
12 Case reports and evaluation 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 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework assignment of laboratory acquired infections and the related risk factors and possible preventive measures and a presentation on safe working with chemicals.

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 11 1 11
Tutorials 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 1 11
Preparing assignments 2 3 6
Preparing presentations 2 4 8
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 38

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14
LO.23
LO.343
LO.45
LO.524
LO.644

CONTACT INFORMATION
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