Pre conference course D - Biosafety in Action: theory and best practices on safety equipment, with lab demonstration and exercises
Instructors
Suzanne Loret (BE) and Filippo De Franceschi (CH)
This course is intended for novices to practitioners in contained use.
After introducing the basic concepts about safety equipment (collective and personal equipment), the training will focus on biosafety cabinets (BSC) with particular attention to defining the protection range of each type of BSC and some ways to decontaminate the BSC work surface and HEPA filters. The first course day will also cover personal protective equipment (PPE), focusing mainly on facial masks and gloves. Besides explaining the criteria to consider when selecting the appropriate PPE.
BMCC
8000 BRUGES
The Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre (BMCC) is the ideal venue for special events, conferences and trade fairs. Its outstanding location, within walking distance of numerous Bruges hotels and world-famous attractions, meets all the needs of a modern event and conference location. The ground floor — with a total area of 4,500m² — is the ideal space for trade fairs, larger public events and even concerts. The upper floors are designed for meetings and conferences for 10 to 516 participants. The design of this unique building provides all that you need: a plenary room with a retractable seating platform for 516 people, a spacious foyer, poster areas, 12 breakout rooms and a unique space, The View on the top floor with a beautiful view of Bruges city centre.
Hotels in Bruges
8000 BRUGGE
We have hotels in different classes near or in the city center and near the conference center
- IBIS budget hotel * (1,2 km)
- IBIS Style Brugge cenrum *** (1,1 km)
- Hotel Maraboe *** (280 m)
- Hotel 't Putje ***(400m)
- Crown Plaza Brugge**** (1,1 km)
- Radisson Blue hotel *** (1,2 km)
- NH Hotel **** (200 m)
- Hotel le Bois de Bruges **** (150 m)