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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Hands on training was organized at the Department of Microbiology, AWKUM

 

Hands on training was organized on Biorisk Management at the Department of Microbiology, AWKUM in collaboration with Health Security Partnerr, USA.

The students got practical training in biosafety, biosecurity, hand hygiene, donning & doffing of PPE, spill management, waste management, needle stick injury, GMPPs, and safe handling and storage of chemicals.

The training equipped the students to deal the pathogens, toxins, biological materials, sharps, spill and chemicals in the laboratory to strengthen biosafety and biosecurity controls in the laboratory.

The trainers of the workshop including Dr. Hazir Rahman, Chairman, Department of Microbiology, AWKUM, and Dr. Qasim, Chairman, Department of Microbiology, KUST provided conducive learning environment for productive training.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tahir, Vice chancellor AWKUM and Prof. Dr. Zahid Hussain, Dean Faculty of Chemical and Life sciences grace the occasion and emphasized on the importance of such practical training for life science students. They appreciated the efforts of Dr. Hazir Rahman for organizing such events at AWKUM. They pay vote of thanks to the team of HSP including Dr. Samreen, Dr. Aziz Ur Rahman and Dr. Uzair for technical and financial support to make a successful event.

Lastly shields and certificate were distributed among the participants.