How to Perform a Risk Assessment and Choose a Biosafety Cabinet
June 3, 2025 – 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST / 11:00 EDT / 08:00 PDT
This webinar will introduce the concept of risk assessment and its role in choosing a biosafety cabinet. It will explain risk assessment in general and move to an explanation of the kinds of cabinets one can choose for their protective needs as well as the possibilities for configuring and even customizing one for their specific workflow and instruments. The webinar will also include a brief discussion of model/design certification/listing to the NSF/ANSI 49 standard.
Key learning objectives:
- Explain why lab staff should conduct a risk assessment before choosing a biosafety cabinet (BSC) for their work, and continually thereafter
- Describe the classes and types of biosafety cabinets and their function
- Explain how to plan an appropriate workflow considering ergonomic needs for work in a BSC
- Identify the reasons a laboratory may need a custom BSC for containing their equipment
Who should attend?
Lab managers, biosafety officers, and laboratory technicians.
Certificate of attendance
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Speakers
Dr. Julianne L. Baron is the President and owner of Science and Safety Consulting, a small business with specialized expertise in biosafety, biorisk management, public health, emergency preparedness, and training development. She obtained her PhD in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health. Dr. Baron completed the National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. She is certified in public health, is a registered biosafety professional, has professional certifications in both biorisk management and cyberbiosecurity, and is certified in cybersecurity.
Dr. Lora Grainger has been working internationally in the biosafety and biosecurity field for nearly 15 years, with the last 6 years as the owner, founder, CEO, and biorisk management consultant of Project Safe Lab, LLC. Project Safe Lab has been the recipient of USG contracts and subcontracts under the umbrella of cooperative threat reduction to promote safe and secure best practices in the bioscience laboratory. As an experienced subject matter expert Lora provides technical, programmatic, and data-driven expertise to develop, support, and evaluate biorisk management programs, equipment, activities, and personnel for public health and research laboratories.
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