Eagleson Institute Advanced Certification

The Eagleson Institute Advanced Certification course will take place September 21-25, 2015 in Sanford, Maine.

This five-day advanced-level, personalized course teaches participants how to certify biosafety cabinets according to NSF/ANSI Standard 49. The subject matter is presented through a combination of lecture, discussion, problem-solving activities and certification labs. Following the course, participants are offered an opportunity to take the NSF written and practical exams on-site.

Highlighted topics include:

• Refine existing knowledge in preparation to take the written and practical NSF exam.
• Current state of the art techniques for testing BSCs in accordance with Annex F of NSF/ANSI Standard 49
• Application of other industry standards and guidelines to the of testing BSCs
• Current practices for the decontamination of BSCs
• Basics for trouble shooting BSCs
• HEPA filtration, airflow, and biosafety principals

Please visit the Eagleson Institute’s Advanced Certification website for more information and to register.