Office of Research Services

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Training

Training is essential for achieving consistent safe operations in the workplace as well as reducing injuries and illnesses. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) stresses safety training in their regulations to ensure that personnel understand their responsibility and accountability for a safety and healthful workplace.

DS provides training at the NIH organization level to comply with Federal, State and Local laws, policies and regulations. Further training on Standard Operating Procedures in the laboratory is also required to ensure safety for personnel. As technologies in the laboratory evolve, training must match the situation.

Note: Training is limited to only NIH employees, contractors and special assigned personnel.

To learn about these training programs, contact us at (301) 827-6091.

Laboratory Safety and Bloodborne Pathogen Training

Designed for research staff working in wet lab, this training is required before beginning work in the lab. This training will assist you with understanding how to assess the hazards, procedures, and equipment in your laboratory to ensure the correct safety equipment and personal protective equipment are used.

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Radiation Safety Training

Designed for individuals working with radioactive sources and/or radiation producing equipment. Standard online courses that are routinely completed by radiation workers at NIH include Radiation Safety in the Laboratory (RSL), Radiation Safety for Authorized Users (RSAU), Radiation Safety for Irradiator Users (RSIU), and Refresher Training (REF).

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Categories A & B Shipper’s Training

Designed for staff that need to ship Categories A & B biological specimens and dry ice. The course is designed to meet requirements of IATA and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

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STARS (Safe Techniques Advance Research Science) Training

All new summer students who have not completed a bachelor’s degree are required to complete the STARS webinar, the final knowledge assessment, and receive a certificate of completion work in any wet laboratory or in any clinical setting at the NIH.

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myCority/ERS Resource Materials

This website contains information and training videos for two safety web-based applications: Cority/myCority and the Electronic Registration System (ERS). Cority is a web application for organizations to capture, manage, and analyze occupational health and safety activities. ERS is a custom-built web application to submit, track, update, and renew biological registrations.

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