Information Package / Course Catalogue
Medical Laboratory and Safety
Course Code: TL103
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

To take personal precautions, to identify the risks of physical, chemical and biological factors and to take proper preacutions for them while working in the laboratory

Course Content

Use hazard signs in laboratory, Use the cabinets of biological safety, Take precautions against hazards by chemical, radioactive or in effective materials that are spilled on the body, Store the chemical matters, Take precautions for the hazards in result of bacteriologic material spills , Create a laboratory safety committee.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.1. Identify the chemical hazards in laboratory and take precautions
2.2. Identify the physical hazards in laboratory and take precautions
3.3. Identify the biological hazards in laboratory and take precautions
4.4. Make safety organizations in laboratory
5.May write laboratory safety intsructions
Recommended or Required Reading
1.1. Canel,M.(2003),Laboratuvar Güvenliği, A.Ü.Fen.Fak.Yayınları, Ankara Laboratuar Klavuzları Uygulama
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Use hazard signs in laboratory To use gadgets designed to prevent laboratory hazards
Week 2 - Theoretical
Use the cabinets of biological safety
Week 3 - Theoretical
Use laboratory clothings Take precautions for the risks against eyes Take precautions for the risks against needle stings
Week 4 - Theoretical
Take precautions against hazards by chemical, radioactive or ineffective materials that are spilled on the body
Week 5 - Theoretical
Store the chemical matters Use hazardous chemical matters
Week 6 - Theoretical
Transfer various chemical matters Prevent the hazards in result of chemical matter spills
Week 7 - Theoretical
Take fire precautions in laboratory Take electrical hazard precautions in laboratory
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Take radioactive matter hazard precautions in laboratory Take precautions for the risks against natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods etc.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Take precautions for the hazards in result of bacteriologic material spills Take precautions for the hazards in result of virus included material spills
Week 11 - Theoretical
Take precautions for the possible bugs and rodents in laboratory
Week 12 - Theoretical
Create a laboratory safety committee
Week 13 - Theoretical
Set up a telephone network system for the possible laboratory hazards Make plans of extraordinary cases
Week 14 - Theoretical
Prepare a list of control for chemical factors Prepare a list of control for physical factors
Week 15 - Theoretical
Prepare a list of control for biological factors
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Midterm Examination1314
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes