03. Prevent and Manage Amplicon Contamination in Laboratories
A distance learning opportunity
February 29, 2024
11:00 – 1:30 PM (CST)
Registration for the live webinar must be completed 1 business day prior to the start of the training.
Registrations received after will receive access to the recording only.
Preventing and Managing Amplicon Contamination in the Laboratory is a webinar that will help biosafety professionals, researchers, laboratory personnel, and other health and safety professionals to understand amplicon contamination, how to mitigate contamination events, and how to prevent future contamination. The webinar will discuss the lab processes that produce nucleic acid amplicons, their impacts to human health, the signs and symptoms of amplicon contamination, and how they can impact laboratory work or research. At the conclusion, participants will be able to develop strategies to manage and prevent amplicon contamination and understand the importance of this topic for biosafety professionals.
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe what nucleic acid amplicons are and recognize signs and symptoms of amplicon contamination in laboratory settings.
- Recognize laboratory processes that generate nucleic acid amplicons.
- Identify the broad-reaching implications of amplicon contamination on research and various laboratory applications.
- Summarize why knowledge of amplicon contamination is relevant to biosafety and laboratory settings.
- Develop strategies to prevent or mitigate amplicon contamination in various laboratory settings.
- Apply knowledge of amplicon contamination for the development of outreach initiatives.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- All Safety Professionals
- All Biosafety Professionals
- Laboratory Workers
- Laboratory Management
- Other Health and Safety Professionals
COURSE FACULTY
The webinar will be presented by the following subject matter experts:
Lesley Decker, RBP(ABSA), University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Devon McMenimen, BS, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Joshua E. Turse, PhD, CBSP(ABSA), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Misa Winters, MS, Conservation X Labs, Seattle, WA
CONTACT HOURS
This course has been approved for 0.25 CM points toward RBP/CBSP recertification. ABSA International is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. This course is approved for 3.0 P.A.C.E.® contact hours. The links to the various invitations for the course will be unique to the user and cannot be shared. The links are for single, individual use only. If more than one occurrence of an individual’s name is on the attendee list for the webinar through Zoom platform, all instances of that person’s name will be removed from the webinar with no refund. The webinar and its associated links are for single, individual use only.
This webinar will be a 2.5-hour session on Thursday, February 29 at 11:00 am (CST). For the webinar session, you should plan on logging in 15 minutes prior to the start time. You are required to attend the webinar session, complete and/or access all the modules in the course on the training site to receive the completion certificate through the ABSA International Training Site. The link in the invitation will be unique to the user and cannot be shared.
COURSE FEES
ABSA Members $110 USD
Nonmembers $185 USD
To obtain the ABSA member rate, the participant will need to be an ABSA member in the year in which the training is offered. Course fees include: course handouts, access to the ABSA International training site, and 2.5 hours of interactive instruction from a well-respected subject matter experts.
Group Discount:
10% off each registration for 3-4 participants from the same organization
20% off each registration for 5-9 participants from the same organization
30% off each registration for 10 or more participants from the same organization
Contact the ABSA office to register your group
To obtain the ABSA member rate, the participant will need to be an ABSA member in the year in which the training is offered. Confirmed, paid participants will be sent detailed information regarding the course within a few days prior to the course. Substitutions allowed with notice by 2/1/2024. There is a 15% processing fee for cancellations prior to 2/1/2024. Cancellations between 2/1/2024 and 2/8/2024 will be refunded at 50% of the course fee. No refunds after 2/8/2024.
The links to the various invitations for the course will be unique to the user and cannot be shared. The links are for single, individual use only. If more than one occurrence of an individual’s name is on the attendee list for the webinar through Zoom platform all instances of that person’s name will be removed from the webinar with no refund. The webinar and its associated links are for single, individual use only.
QUESTIONS
Please direct questions about this course to:
Kari DeServi, MEd
Director of Education, ABSA International
866.425.1385 / education@absa.org
