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This project receives funding from the European Commission (DG Health and Consumer Protection) under the grant agreement number 2005202, Strand 2: ‘Health Threats’
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Laboratorians
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Specialist IDEM training module for laboratorians
 
Aim
 
To extend and enhance the IDEM training for laboratorians provided in the interdisciplinary foundation module by developing a specialist IDEM training module for laboratorians, covering biosafety and biocontainment within CL1-CL4 settings, safe sampling and sample handling, safe transport of specimens, risk-based classification of pathogens, diagnostic procedures for emergent bacterial and viral (including Class 3 and Class 4 agents, alerting mechanisms and communications skills, for use in the onsite training course at INMI and wider dissemination via the ETIDE website

Specialist IDEM training module for laboratorians 
Knowledge/Learning Objectives 
Topic The Trainees should be able to identify/explain/describe
Biosafety & biosecurity standards:
  1. Laboratory containment infrastructures
  2. Hazard classification
  3. Risk assessment
  4. ‘Select agent’ storage
Identify, select and use appropriate primary and secondary containment facilities/practices associated with their work
Produce working protocols to biocontainment strategies selected
Implement the principles of biohazard classification and risk assessment to known and unknown agents
Describe the principles of design and operation of containment level 3 and 4 facilities
Identify and implement national and international regulatory requirements for specific agent storage
Principles of laboratory diagnosis:
  1. Sample strategy & processing
  2. Test strategy, selection & protocols
  3. Isolation & identification techniques
  4. Analysis and interpretation
Efficacy of sample versus laboratory diagnostic test
Adoption of appropriate sample processing techniques in accordance with biosafety and test protocols
Interpret basic clinical, epidemiological and vaccine status of patient for test selection
Interpret significance of laboratory results
Adopt ‘best practice’ for agent isolation, identification and confirmation associated with laboratory diagnostic strategies
Implement and interpret patient management test strategies
Implement typing strategies for epidemiology and ‘forensic tracing’
Networks:
  1. Infectious diseases outbreak: EU EWRS; WHO GOARN, National
  2. Infectious diseases lab networks: ENVID; INFLUNET; EURONETP4, GSHAG
Functions and strategies of national and international networks
Sources of advanced technical advice and expertise
National and international alerting mechanisms