About EBSA14 - Course G. Current laboratory biosecurity procedures

Instructors:
Heather Sheeley, Health Protection Agency, Salisbury/UK

Short description:
This short course will introduce the issues and practical approaches to developing and influencing an effective biosecurity programme.
The course will introduce delegates to the issues required to develop an effective biosecurity programme at the institute level. The course includes practical and theoretical aspects to adopt and to determine risk.
Areas covered will be people, assets, legal, physical and information security required to provide a comprehensive, effective and appropriate programme. On concluding this course the delegate will be able to; draft a biosecurity plan, hold informed dialogue with key stakeholders, work with of the disciplines to implement a biosecurity plan.
This workshop is suitable for those with biosafety responsibilities who want to broaden their knowledge in this area, those charged with drawing up a biosecurity plan, those wishing to check the adequacy of their arrangements with others or update knowledge as well as regulators and policy makers who need to have an appreciation of the implications at operational level.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the issues of biosecurity
• Basic understanding of drivers for biosecurity programmes
• Identify roles of biosafety professional with others in the programme
• Undertake an institute level threat and risk assessment
• Identify the core areas of a biosecurity plan
• Be able to draft a biosecurity plan for their laboratory and institute