Principles & Practices of Biosafety®

A COMPREHENSIVE, INTERACTIVE 5-DAY COURSE

Principles & Practices of Biosafety® will introduce the essential elements of biosafety and provide extensive resource lists for use after the course. Interactive exercises will be used throughout to provide hands-on experience and to encourage networking and problem-solving among participants and instructors.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course each participant will be able to:

  • Describe potentially hazardous biological materials, the risks associated with their use, and the means to minimize risk and to protect against or prevent release or exposure
  • Discuss ways to provide effective technical expertise in situations involving potentially hazardous biological materials
  • Identify, locate, and efficiently use key biosafety resources

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is designed for persons who are entering the profession and those with up to three year’s experience in biosafety. It is also suitable for persons who supervise biosafety professionals and for those who will benefit from additional knowledge of biosafety as a complement to their primary responsibilities.

COURSE FEES

ABSA Members: $2,800*
Nonmembers: $3,050*

Participation is limited to 48 students.

Course fees include:

  • Five full days of interactive instruction from a diversity of well-respected biological safety professionals.
  • Instructor’s handouts, key resource lists, and a variety of critical biosafety information and resources.
  • Lunch, beverages, and snacks for all course days.
  • Welcome Reception on Sunday evening and Class Dinner on Tuesday evening (subject to change).

CONTACT HOURS

This basic-level course is approved for 36.50 P.A.C.E.® contact hours. ABSA International is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. In order to receive P.A.C.E.® credit, attendees must stay until the Friday session ends.

2027 Courses

Registration opening late summer.
Classes are limited to 48 participants.

March 14-19, 2027

Embassy Suites Seattle Downtown-Pioneer Square
255 South King Street
Seattle, WA 98104

July 18-23, 2027

Embassy Suites by Hilton Pittsburgh Downtown
535 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA  15222

Class Photo, PPB, San Diego, March/April 2026

Photo from the March/April 2026 course in San Diego, California

The instructors did a great job covering everything that I come across in my position, so I can’t think of anything that could have been added.

June 2026 PPB Attendee

The course was fantastic, and I would highly recommend it to anyone starting their career in biosafety.

June 2026 PPB Attendee

Amazing group of instructors. I came into this course with very little knowledge of biosafety and biosecurity, and it was exactly the helping hand I needed to start contributing to collaborative discussions on these topics.

June 2026 PPB Attendee

This was one of my favorites, if not the favorite, professional development courses/experiences of my career.

June 2026 PPB Attendee

It’s impossible to list one or two things I took away from this course. Even if the topic was something I was very familiar with, there were still great pieces of information that the instructors gave that helped expand my expertise in the subject even more.

June 2026 PPB Attendee

I can’t say enough good things about the instructors. It was a lot of content and detailed at times. They were all good at making themselves available and answering all our questions.

June 2026 PPB Attendee

All of your teachers did such an amazing job. You can tell from their presentation of the material this is near and dear to them, it shows with how engaged they are with the material. You have a fantastic staff and really have struck gold with these individuals, it is not easy making these dense topics so engaged but the team did a wonderful job at it, and it was both fun and informative. I will recommend this class to my coworkers.

June 2026 PPB Attendee

This was an excellent training. I really enjoyed the variety of teaching methods used to keep interest and engagement.

March 2026 PPB Attendee
Great learning, collaboration and felt secure in asking questions and participating. The instructors were helpful and great people to meet.
March 2026 PPB Attendee
The course was a fantastic experience; the instructors were clear and concise and were able to make some dry material more interesting. I will highly recommend this course to any of my colleagues who have interest in the industry.
March 2026 PPB Attendee

This course was great! I cannot speak highly enough about it. I am so grateful I was able to attend and make the connections I did.

March 2024 PPB Attendee

It was amazing. I learned a lot and connected with a lot of international experts.

March 2024 PPB Attendee

The instructors were all fire! 5 stars for everyone and everything done, extremely engaging and exciting. 100% would recommend this to colleagues!

March 2024 PPB Attendee

The course was well organized and coordinated by highly experience, seasoned and dedicated facilitators/instructors.

July 2023 Attendee

The course was fantastic. I have met a ton of great people and made great networking connections. This was the best conference I have been to. I actually learned about the topics and was able to meet new colleagues.

July 2023 Attendee

The course was very well organized. I liked how different teachers were teaching within their fields. This is definitely a course I will recommend to others in the field that need it.

July 2023 Attendee