About EBSA15 - Course E. Personal protective equipment (half day)

Instructors:
Per Staugaard, Biosafety Training & Consultancy, Utrecht/NL
Jonas Hardestam, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm/S

Description:
This course will give an overview of the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in BSL2 and BSL3 laboratories. But will very much be focused on practical experience with different sorts of PPE. Thecourse will concentrate on how to choose adequate PPE (gloves, safety glasses, lab coats, respiratory protection, etc.) for different purposes. This day we will give the trainees an opportunity to try and to test hands-on various examples of PPE under the supervision of experienced trainers. We will also go through how to perform fit-testing of respirators.

This course is particularly suitable for laboratory managers responsible for supervision and for safety standards and training of personnel. Previous experience is not required.