Control of Biohazards Biosafety Course

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Control of Biohazards CourseControl of Biohazards Course

Monday, April 4 through Friday, April 8, 2011
THE 2011 (32nd YEAR OF THE ORIGINAL BIOSAFETY COURSE)
Thanks Class of 2010 -  We enjoyed your company!
Formerly known as the Johns Hopkins Biosafety Course
Occasionally imitated - Never duplicated

  • Dates
    2011 - April 4th (START = 7:30 a.m.) through April 8th (END = 1:00 p.m.) - Tenative
     

  • Place
    Johns Hopkins Mt. Washington Conference Center, Baltimore, MD
     

  • The 32nd Year of the Annual Control of Biohazards Course will be presented from Monday through Friday, April 4 -8, 2011
    at The Johns Hopkins Conference Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
    Registration limited to the first 60 applicants.
    Registration deadline is March 7, 2011.
     

  • Attendees receive a thousand page, four inch binder with cited references to use when they return to their workplace.
     

  • This website provides all of the information needed to learn about the course. There are links that let you know for whom the course is designed, how to register for the course, hotel registration, list of course subject material, specific course information for people attending the course, backgrounds of the course co-directors, and links to bioterrorism & biosafety-related sites including anthrax/ricin/smallpox information from ProMed.

  • This course was assigned 4.5 Category I continuing education credits for five years ending in 2008 by the American Academy of Microbiology of the American Society for Microbiology. ABIH Certification Maintenance Points,  RBP and CBSP Certification Points are available, as well as for several other associations.
     

  • The course is designed to provide in-depth information to participants with or without prior biosafety experience.
     

  • Three-day versions of this course are also presented to governmental agencies, industry, and universities upon request.
     

  • The American Board of Industrial Hygiene has approved the Control of Biohazards Course for 4.5 credits.
     

  • The Control of Biohazards Course is designed to prepare individuals planning to take the National Registry of Certified Microbiologist Specialist Microbiologist SM(NRCM) in Biological Safety Microbiology exam. The NRCM exam is available online. The application deadline is August 1, 2009. Qualified candidates may take the exam any day in the month of October.
     

  • In response to the changing workforce, the NRCM also has added another eligibility pathway for Specialist Microbiologists in Biological Safety. Applicants with a bachelor’s degree and ten years of full-time, postbaccalaureate work experience within the past 15 years in the appropriate exam specialty area are now eligible to apply. Previously, only applicants with microbiology coursework were eligible. This change is reflective of how a growing number of biological safety professionals are entering the field with on-the-job training instead of a traditional academic background. In today’s economy, it is an ideal time to seek the SM designation and remind your employer of your expertise and value to them. Visit www.microbiologycert.org to apply!
     

  • The Control of Biohazards Course will also appeal to people who are already certified SM (NRCM)s, RBPs or CBSPs and want to renew their certification. Starting in 2014, ABSA will be initiating a 5-year renewal of RBPs. This will give all RBPs (including those awarded RBP before 2014) a minimum of 5 years to obtain the required 40 credits to renew their RBP.
     

  • The Control of Biohazards Course also provides biosafety practice and management information for individuals applying to the American Biological Safety Association for Registered Biological Safety Professional or Certified Biological Safety Professional titles."
     

  • This in depth biosafety course will be presented at the Johns Hopkins Mt. Washington Conference Center, Baltimore MD.
     

  • The course runs from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., ends Friday at 1:00 p.m.
     

  • email:    biosafety@controlofbiohazards.com
     

 
 For Further Information:
 
Dr. Byron S. Tepper
 Phone: (410) 828-6330
 Fax: (410) 828-6331
 email btepper1@verizon.net     
 
 Dr. Richard W. Gilpin
 Phone: (410) 961-6638
 email: gilpin@legionella.com

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