We are inviting everyone to the BRAP–PAMET Webinar 7 on Crime Scene Biosafety: Law Enforcement and First Responders during COVID-19 on September 10, 2020 at 6:45 PM via Zoom. CPD units applied. You need a Zoom account to register. Go to this link to register: http://tiny.cc/brappametwebinar7
“We believe the leadership and workforce must work together to minimize the risks in the workplace. Our programs prepare and protect the workforce by focusing on what is needed to behave safely. Knowing and doing are very different – and the greatest risk is not the risk itself – it is how the workforce interacts with the risk on a day-to-day basis.”
—Sean G. Kaufman, CEO, Safer Behaviours
The statement by Mr. Sean Kaufman became the focal point of the BRAP Credentialing and Competency Program (BCCP) in creating a 3-session module which will give participants an in-depth awareness of the risks of working with the SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19 and it’s lab environment.
We developed this module so that he participants leave each session day with a clear understanding of the topic and not just memorizing it. Our modules are based on updated (2020) international references and the latest issuances from the Philippine Department of Health. These modules are guided by the Global Biorisk Management Curriculum (GBRMC) of Sandia National Laboratories, NM, USA. We present the 3-day module in detail here as follows.
The three-module BRAP Credentialing and Competency Program (BCCP) basic biosafety course (on-site package 001) includes: 
MODULE 1: BIOSAFETY, BIOSECURITY AND ORIENTATION TO LAB BIORISK MANAGEMENT. This module is intended as the first module encountered by a participant in the BCCP. It is designed to offer a common understanding of the foundation and terminology of laboratory biosafety, biosecurity, biorisk management and good laboratory work practices (GLWPs) to lead the participant to better comprehension of the subject matter regardless of the role they hold. A short introductory lecture on laboratory-acquired infections is at the beginning of the course. This module is a pre-requisite course for all other courses in the BCCP.
Scope: this course will provide awareness of the basics of biosafety and biosecurity and an orientation to biorisk management and systems and resources to begin implementation of a biorisk management system based on the new WHO Lab Biosafety Manual 4th ed. It will also introduce students some of the practices and procedures that have been shown to mitigate, reduce, or eliminate biorisks.
Learning objectives – (based on Bloom’s taxonomy)
Organizational objectives
Instructional objectives
Limitations: this module will NOT provide details on the specific components of biorisk assessment, that is, gathering information, evaluating the risks, developing a risk strategy, selecting and implementing control measures, and reviewing risks and control measures, which is found on Module 2.
Biorisk management role
MODULE 2: BIORISK MANAGEMENT. This module is intended to offer a more complete understanding of the biorisk management process from both the biosafety and biosecurity point of understanding. It includes the risk characterization and evaluation processes within biological risk assessment context that is based on the new WHO Lab Biosafety Manual 4th edition. Through guided discussion and interactive exercises, participants will be offered an introduction of risk and risk assessment in a bioscience context, followed by a discussion of the process of risk characterization, risk evaluation and its importance within risk assessment and the acceptance of risk. The participant will be made to understand and differentiate between the core requirements, heightened core measures and maximum containment measures. Final topic will be reviewing and auditing of strategies used in performance evaluation of mitigation strategies used. The participant must complete Module 1 in order to begin on this module.
Scope – While the concepts and principles are introduced in Module 1, this module further defines assessment and mitigation focusing on the new strategic framework of risk assessment (from the WHO Lab Biosafety Manual 4th ed.) by understanding by the hierarchy of controls and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Mitigation measures will also be discussed emphasizing of the Core Requirements, the Heightened Control Measures and Maximum Containment Measures. A discussion of the ISO35001:2019, the standard for Biorisk Management for the Laboratory will be given emphasis during the mitigation process. This module is a pre-requisite to any module that discusses specific mitigation control measures such as PPE, and Waste Disposal and Decontamination.
Learning objectives – (based on Bloom’s taxonomy)
Organizational objectives
Instructional objectives
Biorisk Management Role
MODULE 3: ESSENTIAL BIOSAFETY IN A MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC LAB. This module is intended to provide the laboratorian with the essential biosafety and biosecurity standards, guidelines and guidance’s for one intending to work in a molecular diagnostic laboratory (MDL). The participant should have successfully completed Module 2 in order to enroll in Module 3.
Scope – Module 3 reviews the concepts of biosafety, biosecurity and biorisk management while focusing on the molecular diagnostic laboratory requiremnts. Biorisk management shall identify the biosafety level of this laboratory based on a robust risk assessment and the mitigation strategies that will be applied. Good Laboratory Work Practices, procedures and appropriate equipment shall be classified as to usage in this lab. An additional risk management lecture on engineering and administrative control measures for this laboratory. Personal protective equipment (PPE) shall be discussed with special emphasis (demo and return-demo) on proper donning ang doffing of PPE. Decontamination, Sterilization will be discussed in the Waste management part of this module. A discussion of Incident management will be included with a special lecture-demo of biological spill response drill and finally a lecture-demo & return-demo of the proper techniques of obtaining COVID samples from patients, i.e., Nasal and Oro-pharyngeal swabs.
Learning objectives – (based on Bloom’s taxonomy)
Organizational and Instructional objectives
Instructional objectives
Biorisk Management Role
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We are inviting everyone to the BRAP–PAMET Webinar 6 on Patient Safety in the Laboratory: Lectures on Laboratory Safety Culture and Patient Safety Goals for the Laboratory Safety Program on August 13, 2020 at 6:45 PM. CPD units applied. You need a Zoom account to register. Go to this link to register: http://tiny.cc/brappametwebinar6
