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NCTM1105 – Safety in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
August 31, 2020 @ 8:00 am
*Online Course
Further instruction will be sent after registration.
Description
This asynchronous online course covers a wide range of safety, health and environmental (SHE) issues specifically related to the pharmaceutical industry, including environmental safety, process and product safety, biosafety levels, industrial hygiene, and physical and chemical properties. Participants will receive an overview of product development stages and vaccine production, and will learn about toxicity, toxicology, drug safety and evaluation, pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics, as well as risk assessment and analysis. Case studies, historically significant accidents, and lessons learned are incorporated throughout to provide real-life relevancy.
What you will learn
- Introduce concepts of Workplace safety, safety responsibilities, risks and hazards with its types, exposure and routes, local and systemic toxicity and its effects, hazardous waste and its proper handling. Interpret case studies in relation to above concepts
- Understand industrial hygiene, government regulations for pharmaceutical industries, controlling hazards, evaluation, risk assessment and industrial hygiene controls. Explain OSHA standards 29 CFR 1910 (subpart D-J / K-Z)
- Recognize risk assessment strategies and processes, evaluations of Hazardous Operations (HAZOP), analysis, evaluation and management of risks.
- Learn basics of laboratory safety, definition of biosafety and their levels, CDC lessons, standard microbiological practices, safe storage of toxic materials, lab security, BSL1-3, about clean benches and biosafety scenarios through case studies.