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EBSA21 - Course F - Arthropods: Invertebrates – facilities and handling

Tuesday, 17 April 2018 09:00 - Tuesday, 17 April 2018 17:00 (CET) EBSACourse , 2018

Eva Veronesi and Julian Franklin
 

Course description

This course will provide researchers, biosafety professionals and facility managers an insight into the assessment of risk, design, operation and management of contained use activities involving arthropods. This includes work with GMO’s and quarantine arthropods, as well as where they are vectors for pathogens, animal, human and plants. The ability to genetically modify arthropods as well as any associated pathogens has seen increasing use of facilities holding arthropods as well as facilities where the interaction of arthropods, pathogen and target host are being studied.

The course will enable the participant to:

  • Identify and understand the biohazards and risk associated with rearing arthropods
  • Understand the factors animal human health, environment, that should be considered when designing and/or assessing a facility used to rear arthropods as well as any associated pathogens they may carry.
  • Infection of arthropods with animal and human pathogens in accordance with biosecurity regulation.

Get a practical view on the operation and management of such facilities including the management of waste, incidents and emergencies.

Target audience

  • Biosafety Practitioners responsible for facilities housing arthropods.
  • Managers responsible for facilities housing arthropods.
  • Researchers working with arthropods wanting an overview of the biosafety requirements of working with arthropods.
  • Engineers, Designers, Facility managers requiring an understanding of the management and Biosafety requirements of housing arthropods.

Learning objectives

  • Identify and understand the biohazards and risk associated with rearing arthropods
  • Understand the factors animal human health, environment, that should be considered when designing and/or assessing a facility used to rear arthropods as well as any associated pathogens they may carry.
  • Infection of arthropods with animal and human pathogen in accordance with biosecurity regulation.
  • Get a practical view on the operation and management of such facilities including the management of waste, incidents and emergencies.

Main topics

  • Regulatory framework
  • Risk assessments of facilities with Arthropods, including associated pathogens or GM characteristics they may carry.
  • Arthropods and plants
  • Arthropods and animals/people.
  • Arthropod facility, design considerations.
  • Operation of Arthropod facilities and waste management.
  • Incident management

Citation of the respective sections of CWA 16335:2011 Biosafety professional competence

C 2.1.2.4 Containment principles
C 2.1.2.6 General principles of environmental Safety
C 2.1.2.7 Facility design, construction, commissioning, validation, operation and maintenance.
C.2.1.2.12 Biological waste management
C.2.1.2.13 Emergency preparedness and response

Above as applied to Arthropod Facilities.

Specialist training

C.2.2.5 Working with Arthropods

  • Fundamentals of working with Arthropods.
  • Facility Design and containment requirements related to Biosafety and Biosecurity issues.
  • Biosecurity issues associated with the use of arthropods.
  • Occupational health issues associated with the use of arthropods.
  • GM Arthropods.