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Sharps Safety

This course provides a comprehensive guide on the necessary precautions that need to be employed by laboratory workers handling sharps, to prevent injurious incidents and associated hazardous exposures. It thoroughly discusses the safe utilization and disposal of sharps, as well as the correct course of action in case of a sharps-related wound.

APERÇU DU COURS

The Sharps Safety course offers a detailed guide on the necessary precautions that staff working in labs must adhere to while handling sharps, with the aim to avert cut and puncture wounds, and potential hazardous exposures stemming from such incidents. The course extensively covers the correct methods of using and disposing sharps, and outlines the appropriate course of action to be taken in the event of a sharps-related injury.

By successfully completing the Sharps Safety course, you will acquire a deeper understanding of:

Identifying the variety of sharp objects present in a lab setting and understanding the risks they pose.
Outlining general and device-specific safety measures to protect oneself from cut or puncture wounds.
Detailing the correct process of discarding different kinds of sharps waste.
Enumerating the steps to be taken if one is injured by a sharp object.

SUJETS DU COURS

Sharps Basics
Using Sharps Safely
Disposing of Sharps Properly
Injury Response and Reporting

DURÉE DU COURS EN LIGNE

Environ 20 minutes

Note de passage

Testing conducted throughout this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.

CERTIFICAT DE RÉALISATION

Une fois ce cours en ligne terminé avec succès, un certificat d'achèvement sera disponible en téléchargement et pour impression.

APERÇU DU COURS