Transport
Main competency to be acquired
Collect, label, package and transport samples appropriately and safely.
Specific learning objectives
- for each type of sample, be able to:
- take it safely and ethically;
- document it;
- label it;
- provide patient information;
- identify a tracking system.
- for each type of sample, be able to:
- package and store it taking into account UN rules for safe transport;
- identify the best shipping method.
- identify criteria to choose a laboratory on the basis of:
- dangerousness of pathogen;
- type of analysis to be done.
Teaching material
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Lecture 1 - Specimen collection
ppt, 436kb
Duration: approx 1 hour -
Lecture 2 - Transport, biosafety and disinfection
ppt, 2.43Mb
Duration: approx 1 hour -
Case study 2 - An Outbreak of Cholera - West Bengal, India
doc, 1.05Mb
Duration: approx 3 hours -
Case study 3 (session 1/3) - Salmonella in the Caribbean
doc, 647kb
Duration: approx 3 hours
