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Registration for
Guidance for the Safe Use of Autoclaves
Continuing Education Course (On-line)

This meets annual continuing education requirement for those who
have taken the basic USF Biosafety Course (live) in a previous year.

Annual continuing education is required for all Principal Investigators, staff, and/or graduate/undergraduate students who use/store recombinant DNA, infectious agents, select agents, and biological toxins and recommended for those who work in a laboratory where these materials may be used/stored.

Course Description

Learn the Safe Use of Autoclave Equipment
  1. Overview of Autoclaves in Biomedical Laboratories
  2. Purpose and Function
  3. What can and cannot be autoclaved
  4. Potential Hazards
  5. Primary and Secondary Containers
  6. Loading and Unloading
  7. Determining Cycle Times
  8. Testing Effectiveness
Please complete steps 1 through 8.
All steps must be completed!
   
1.  First Name:
   
2.  Last Name:
   
3.  E-Mail Address:
   
4.  Mailpoint:
   
5.  Department:
   
6.  Telephones:
   
7.  Research Supervisor:
 
8.  Click Submit:
   

   
Within one business day, an e-mail will be sent to you that provides official confirmation.

If your computer system will not allow you to e-mail this registration, please use regular e-mail to send in the registrant's name along with the course date and time.
   

For more information, please contact: Archie Ellwood, at (813) 974-5110 or aellwood@research.usf.edu.


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