COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SAMPLING, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HYGIENE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISG 5021 SAMPLING, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HYGIENE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DELIA TERESA SPONZA

Offered to

Ph.D. in Occupational Health and Safety
Occupational Healty and Safety(Non-Thesis-Evening)
Occupational Healty and Safety

Course Objective

The rules of sampling for physico-chemical, chemical, biological and microbiological analysis in environmental laboratories according to the occupational health and safety and hygiene, realization of occupational health and safety during transport of samples, accepting of samples, and during the analysis in the lab, the rules of hygiene
General Laboratory safety, labeling and transferring of chemicals, MSDS form of dangerous and non-dangerous chemicals, noise control in laboratory, control of chemicals in laboratory air, illumination of laboratories, temperature and humidity measurement in laboratory, informations for electrical hazards and prevention rules,latex allergy,biosafety cabinets and chemical fume hoods

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the sampling procedures for physico-chemical, biological and microbiological analysis according to the occupational health and safety requirements, to learn controlling the risks during sampling
2   The learn the risks and their control measurements during sample storage and analysis procedures,
3   To learn the general principles of laboratory safety,
4   To learn the prevention rules of dangerous chemicals and the biological agents,
5   To learn the occupational health and safety in laboratory, to learn the noise control , to learn the threaths from chemicals,laboratory temperatures and humidity, safety cabins
6   To learn the preventive rules during the use of sterile cabinets and fume hudes, getting information on electicity accidents and allergenic circumstances for occupational health of lab workers

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sampling procedure for physico-chemical, chemical, biological and microbiological analysis in environmental laboratories,
2 Transporting of samples, acceptance of samples and performing of analysis
3 Occupational health and safety Rules required by TURKAK accreditation in environmental laboratories
4 The storage and disposal of samples after the analysis
5 Maintaining of quality control of environmental laboratories
6 General rules maintaining the safety of the laboratories
7 Preparation of MSDS OF THE hazardous chemicals used in the laboratories,GENERAL RULES TO MAINTAIN THE safety of the laboratories
8 MIDTERM EXAM I
9 Prevention rules to overcame the noise in the laboratory
10 MIDTERM EXAM II
11 Hygien in laboratory, biosafety cabinets and chemical fume hoods
12 Monitoring of temperature and humidity in laboratory
13 informations for electrical hazards and prevention rules,latex allergy,
14 Illumination of laboratory, occupational health and safety in laboratory

Recomended or Required Reading

1. IŞ HIJYENI ÖLÇÜM, TEST VE ANALIZ LABORATUVARLARI YETERLIK YÖNETMELIĞI(TASLAK) Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı, 2011
2. Occupational health and safety in the laboratory, the University of Queensland, Australia, 2010
3. OSHA Occupational Safety, and Health Administration www.osha.gov 1-800-321-6742

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Midterm exam 1 %20
Midterm exam 2 %20
Laboratory % 20
Final exam %40

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 LAB LABORATORY
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 *0.20 +MTE 2 *0.20 +LAB *0.20 +FIN *0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

to be announced.

Assessment Criteria

to be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

to be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU. Müh. Fak. Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü, Buca Izmir. E mail: delya.sponza@deu.edu.tr , tel: 3017119

Office Hours

Monday 5-6. hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 6 1 6
Labratory 6 1 6
Preparing presentations 6 5 30
Preparation for final exam 6 5 30
Preparation for midterm exam 6 5 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 5 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1342
LO.2232
LO.332322
LO.432
LO.53
LO.632

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