Tentative Agenda


Containment Level 3 Facilities: Design and Operation

(Course will be given in English only)

Sunday, February 10, 2008
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION / REGISTRATION

Monday, February 11, 2008
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

7:30 - 8:00 Late-registration and coffee

  • Opening Remarks
  • Design of a Containment Level 3 Facility
    • Planning, designing and construction of a Containment Facility
    • Design of Post-mortem and animal holding facilities
    • Architectural Design Issues
    • Mechanical/Engineering Design Issues
    • Facility Operation and Maintenance

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

  • Risk Assessment and Research in Containment Level 3 Facilities
    • Risk Assessments
    • Working with Genetically Modified Organisms
    • Research in Containment Level 3 Facilities
  • Operational Practices in Containment Level 3 Facilities
    • Operational Biosafety Practice
    • Operational Biosafety Practices for Large Animal Facilities
    • Standard Operating Procedures
    • Biosafety video viewing
  • Operational Practices in Containment Level 3 Facilities (continued)
    • Small animals in Containment (including primates)
    • Large animals in Containment 
  • Social Event (6:00 - 10:00)

Wednesday, February 13, 2006
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

  • Operational and Design - Hands-on exercise stations
    • Mechanical room tour (architects, engineers and facility managers)
    • Personal Protective Equipment: selection, donning and doffing
    • Selection and safe use of biological safety cabinets
    • Spill clean-up
    • Reducing Post Mortem Risks
  • Operational and Design - Tours
    • Containment Level 3 laboratory tour

Thursday, February 14, 2008
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

  • Decontamination and Waste Management
    • Disinfection, Decontamination and Validation
    • Large area decontamination
    • Strategies for waste/effluent disposal
  • Biosafety and Biosecurity
    • Biosafety Program Management
    • Biosecurity
    • Emergency Response in a Containment Level 3 Facility
  • Overview of Canadian Guidelines, Standards and Regulations
    • Regulations, Guidelines and Standards
    • Certification and Recertification of Containment Level 3 Facilities
    • Transportation of Infectious Substances
  • Closing Remarks