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Short description
Web-Based Training concerning general lab safety
and handling of chemicals at PSI
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Content
- General lab safety rules and basic lab safety facilities
- Safety labelling; warning signs, mandatory signs, GHS
pictograms and more
- Introduction of selected lab devices like fume hoods, glove
boxes and centrifuges
- Personal protective equipment and lab dress code, choice
of protective gloves
- Material safety data sheet (MSDS); structure, H-statements and P-statements
- Information on selected substance classes; corrosive
substances, solvents, particularly hazardous substances, compressed gases and
cryogenic liquids
- Hazardous waste disposal; where, when and how
- Equipment under pressure / vacuum; implosion/explosion
hazards, vacuum glassware, high-pressure vessels and compressed gas cylinders
- Rescue chain and PSI emergency organization
- Medical emergencies, fire and evacuation alarm
- Chemical spills and gas leaks, gas warning system
- Burns, chemical burns and cold burns
- Poisoning / exposure; actions and emergency numbers
- Hydrofluoric acid emergency kit
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Goals
The participants
- know how to behave in the laboratory and what
personal protective equipment to wear
- can assess the hazards of a substance using the
material safety data sheet and take safety measures independently
- know how to act in case of an emergency
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| Target audience Employees, new employees, postdocs, PhDs, students
during their master thesis, working in laboratories |
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Methods
Web based training (E-Learning) |
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Basic / Advanced courses
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Execution in
English
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Requirements for participants
None
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Proof of performance
Tests within the web-based training
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Completion
Certificate of completion if the proof of performance is successfully achieved
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Venue
online
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Number of days / duration in lessons (à 45 minutes each)
3 lessons (self-paced learning)
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Course leader / moderation
Web-based training, content responsibility: Patrick Kissel, Winfried Rendler
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Number of participants
Minimum 1 / Maximum 200
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Catering
This course does not include meals since it is taking part online.
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Further information
Product category:
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For questions
Administration PSI Education Center, Tel. 056 310 24 00, bildungszentrum@psi.ch
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Cancellation
see general terms and conditions |