Back at the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health in 2025!

 

SAVE THE DATE!

 

Fundamentals of BSL-3 (Virtual) | March 13th

BSL-3 Facilities: Design and Operation | April 7th – 8th

Special Event: Tour of the Duke Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | April 8th

Advanced BSL-3 Work Practices and Procedures | April 9th – 10th

NEW! ABSL-3 Operations | April 11th

NEW! Shipping Biological Materials Properly | April 12th

 

These classes leverage the holistic relationship of practices and procedures with facilities and equipment to enable successful science. Join us and learn from 7 instructors who each bring 20+ years of experience to class discussions.

DO YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THE FOLLOWING:
• Improving your capabilities in BSL-3 laboratory architectural and engineering design
• Exploring strategies for decision-making when renovating an aging facility to meet new BSL-3 requirements or building a new BSL-3
• Reducing lab operation and maintenance costs without sacrificing safety
• Elevating your abilities to the senior level of CDC and APHL’s “Biosafety Laboratory Competency Guidelines”
• Learning a practical approach for conducting a site-specific risk assessment for work at BSL-3
• Learning to prepare a thoughtful emergency response plan for your BSL-3 space
• Enhancing your approach for conducting compliance audits in the BSL-3 lab
• Gaining knowledge of methods to mitigate risks related to exposures
• Enhancing your ability to effectively teach others to work safely at BSL-3

NOTE: The subject is hard but we make it fun and engaging

WHAT WE OFFER
A state of the art BSL-3 laboratory training facility
Limited enrollment for maximum instructor/student interaction
Faculty teams made up of veteran lab design and biosafety experts who are also experienced instructors
A mix of case studies, lecture, demonstrations, facility tours, group exercises and hands-on workshops
Many structured opportunities to network and share challenges and solutions with instructors and fellow students

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Architects, biosafety professionals, certifiers, commissioning agents, design engineers, facility managers, health and safety professionals and laboratorians in leadership positions.