COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

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 knowledge 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
7   Classify laboratory-derived waste and apply separation at source.
8   Knows the concept of biosecurity and can relate laboratory design for safety.
9   Count the components of laboratory safety

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 LABORATORY SAFETY INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS
2 THE CONCEPT OF HAZARD AND RISK
3 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
4 BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND RISKS
5 BIOSAFETY LEVELS AND PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION FROM RISKS
6 CHEMICAL HAZARDS AND PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION FROM RISKS
7 PHYSICAL DANGERS AND PRINCIPLES OF PROTECTION FROM RISKS
8 BIOSAFETY CABINETS AND RULES OF USAGE
9 DECONTAMINATION, DISINFECTION, STERILIZATION APPLICATIONS
10 WASTE MANAGEMENT
11 LABORATORY DESIGN AND BIOSECURITY CONCEPT
12 LABORATORY ACCIDENTS AND PROTECTION
13 LABORATORY SAFETY COMPONENTS

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak: T.C. sağlık Bakanlığı Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Genel Müdürlüğü, Ulusal Mikrobiyoloji Standartları Laboratuvar Güvenliği Rehberi


Yardımcı kaynaklar:
1. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laborotories 5th edition 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institutes of Health
2. Laboratory biosafety manuel 3th edition 2004, World Health Organization, Geneva
3. Laboratory biorisk management standard 2008, European Comittee for Standardization
4. 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 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 24

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
LO.7
LO.8
LO.9

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