Australian Biosafety Guidelines – What you need to know (and what has changed)

Australian Biosafety Guidelines – What you need to know (and what has changed)

Description:

Lisa van Duin (University of Melbourne's BioRisk Manager) will be presenting on the useful biosafety guidance covered by AS/NZS 2243.3:2022 Microbiological Safety and Containment and on the key changes in the new version. AS/NZS 2243.3 is the ‘Micro’ part of a series of Australian Standards that promote safety in laboratories. It covers the biosafety requirements needed to manage risks associated with handling biological agents and materials. It is considered the ‘gold-standard’ in terms of biosafety guidance in Australia. In 2014, it was identified that the standard required a targeted update to include a section covering the micro containment requirements for aquatic organisms, this evolved into a major revision of the whole standard that took eight years to finalise!

The talk will cover: *an introduction of the standard and how we use it, *some background on the review undertaken by Standards Australia, *a summary of the useful biosafety information covered in the standard, and *the key changes that are good to know about.

Biography: Lisa van Duin is the University of Melbourne’s Biorisk Manager. She leads a small team of subject matter experts who provide advice, support, and maintain the University’s Biorisk management Program. Lisa is certified as a Specialist Microbiologist in Biological Safety Microbiology and certified with ABSA International as a Biosafety Professional. She is a founding member of ABSANZ – the Association of Biosafety for Australia and New Zealand and sits on the technical sub-committee responsible for drafting AS/NZS 2243.3.

Registration Link: 
https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdumqpz8oGtBCnGNo8dz6HVVjb2KirLUS