Biosafety is an integral process in clinical and research laboratories that ensures safety of the laboratory staff. Laboratories are special type of work environments that should function and supervised with care. A laboratory accident or laboratory-acquired infection could affect not only the laboratory staff but also other hospital staff, patients and other staff in the facility. Proper training of staff in biosafety and biosecurity is not achieved by health care institutions and research institutions in most of the instances hence accidental exposure to harmful substances is frequently reported.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura is conducting a Certificate Course on Biosafety and Biosecurity to educate the laboratory staff and develop the skills to carry out correct practices and attitudes in the clinical and research laboratories thereby ensuring safe working environment preventing laboratory accidents and laboratory-acquired infections. Further, this will help fulfill the long-felt need of training in biosafety and biosecurity which is highly essential in the country.
