Safety Handbook

As a safety professional, you have been asked to create a handbook explaining the various types of biological agents employees may have contact with in the workplace. In addition, you have been asked to include information regarding the basic exposure mechanisms for biological agents, methods of evaluation and control for biological agents, and methods of sampling for biological agents. You may use the training topics discussed on pages 128-129 of your textbook as a guide. Also, please feel free to use the CSU online library to locate additional information that you feel should be included in your handbook. This assignment should consist of no less than three pages, and any outside sources, including your textbook, should be referenced and cited using proper APA formatting.

Training Topics: Aseptic techniques, Laboratory and personnel hygiene, Laboratory safety practices, Personal protective equipment (PPE), Containment levels, Decontamination, disinfection and sterilization, Signage, noteces, entrance criteria, and postings, Prudent management of biologicallinfectious wastes, Operation and use of biological safety, and Emergency action, spill response, needle sticks, and self-inoculation.