About EBSA11 - Course C. Biorisk management, biosafety programmes and institutional management systems

Instructors:

Philippe Stroot, Xibios, Belgium
Goedele De Bruyne, European Commission Joint Research Center, Belgium

Short description:
This interactive workshop will present the principles of biorisk management, identify the multiple components of biosafety programmes and explore ways to integrate them into the management system(s) in place or to be developed in an institution. Some specific issues like the consideration of biosecurity aspects as part of biosafety management will be developed. The seminar will also provide an introduction to ISO and OHSAS management systems and will present the new biorisk management standard. It will be illustrated with a few exercises.