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Workshop Program
Day 1: Tuesday, 17 Sept 2019
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Venue/Time |
Program |
Trainers |
Rate |
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Room 1 9.00-5.00pm WS 1 |
WS 1: PREPARATORY COURSE FOR IFBA BIORISK MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION Brief introduction by Maureen Ellis, IFBA
- The essential elements of CWA 15793
- Internal certification exam: Syllabus outline & preparation
- The essential elements of CWA 15793
- Core competencies of a biosafety professional
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Prof Lim Yang Mooi
University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Dr Tan Cheng Siang
University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
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S$ 600 |
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Room 2 9.00-12.00pm WS 2 |
WS 2: WORKING IN BIO-CONTAINMENT LAB – CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONs FOR A SAFE & SUSTAINABLE LABORATORY
- Containment labs
- Working with high risk pathogens: SOPs and PPE
- Biocontainment designs and engineering
- Operational sustainable solutions for developing country budgets
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Mr Dan Yoong
World BioHazTec Inc., Singapore
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S$ 300 |
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Room 2 2.00-5.00pm WS 3 |
WS 3: BIOSAFETY CABINET – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR LAB SAFE
- Types of Biological Safety Cabinet and its purposes
- Performance and function of BSC
- Safety and proper use of BSC
- Maintenance and operation
- Process & critical elements
- Certification and validation
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Mr Kenny Chee
Global Technical Support Manager ESCO GLOBAL Singapore
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S$ 300 |
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Room 3 9.00-12.00pm WS 4 |
WS 4: INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE: ROLES & LEADERSHIP TOOLS
- Biosafety and biosecurity issues in Biological Sciences
- Institutional Biosafety Committee
- Roles and responsibilities of IBC, members, chair and the Biosafety Officer
- What does it take to be a Biosafety Officer?
- Leadership Tools for Today's Biosafety Officer
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Dr Saraswathy Subramaniam
Biosafety Consultant, Malaysia and President, Asia Pacific Biosafety Association
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S$ 300 |
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Room 3 2.00-5.00pm WS 5 |
WS 5: BIOSECURITY – ASSESSING BIOTHREATS
- Biosecurity and bioterrorism
- Biopreparedness tasksCase studies in biothreats
- Case studies in biothreats
- Personnel reliability
- Securing agents
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Dr. Sonia Y Hunt
Scientist, WMD, Directorate, Federal Buru of Investigation (FBI), Washington, USA
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S$ 300 |
Day 2: Wednesday, 18 Sept 2019
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Venue/Time |
Program |
Trainers |
Rate |
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Room 1 9.00-5.00pm WS 6 |
WS 6: DISEASE OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION: NATURAL AND DELIBERATE
- Disease Surveillance, control & prevention
- Epidemiological investigation of disease outbreaks
- Natural and deliberate bio threat
- Public health Preparedness, control and communication
- Risk Management at all levels: Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Case scenario: Nipah outbreak
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Dr Julie E. Fischer
Director, Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Dr Asadulghani
Head Biosafety and BSL3, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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S$ 600 |
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Room 2 9.00-12.00pm WS 7 |
WS 7: BIOSAFETY INSPECTIONS AND AUDIT
- What is an audit
- Characteristics of audit
- Safety Audit Team and Why to conduct an audit
- Audit process
- Scenarios
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Mr David Lam
Senior Manager Biosafety, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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S$ 300 |
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Room 2 2.00-5.00pm WS 8 |
WS 8: RISK COMMUNICATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES
- Understand what is risk communication and why should we care
- Understand theories and ways for effective communication
- Communicating under high concern situations
- Practice risk communication skills: develop
messages that are believable, convincing, clear and positive
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Dr William Arndt
International Program Lead, CSELS/DLS/QSSB, CDC Atlanta
Dr Natasha K Griffith
Branch Chief Quality and Safety Systems Branch, DLS, OD, CSELS, CDC, Atlanta, GA
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S$ 300 |
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Room 3 9.00-12.00pm WS 9 |
WS 9: ANIMAL AND ARTHROPOD BIOSAFETY AND CONTAINMENT
- Good lab design to optimize lab procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- BL vs. ABL vs. ACL (Biosafety Level vs. Animal Biosafety
Level vs. Arthropod Containment Level)
- Animal facility planning and design considerations: ABL-2 and ABL-3
- Insect facility planning and design considerations: ACL-2 and ACL-3
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Mr Steven Breslin
Senior Architect and Chief of the Standards and Policy Branch, Office of research Facilities, National Institute of Health, USA
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S$ 300 |
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Room 3 2.00-5.00pm WS 10 |
WS 10: BIOLOGICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Type of biological waste
- Segregation, Packaging, Transportation, Treatment and Disposal of Biological Waste
- Reuse, reduce and recycling of waste
- Biological waste management guidelines
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Mr Philippe Stroot
General Manager and Principal Expert at XIBIOS Biosafety Consulting, Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium
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S$ 300 |
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Day 1: S$ 0
Day 2: S$ 0
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