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Mohali, November 11
The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) organised a lecture titled ‘A refresher course on laboratory safety’ here today to raise awareness among students on working safely in laboratories.
The course was divided into three parts — chemical safety, biological safety and radiation safety.
Professor PP Singh emphasised on guidelines issued by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, on working with pathogenic organisms and types of various bio-safety levels required in biology laboratories.
Bhupesh Upadhyay talked about chemical safety and precautions to be taken while working with toxic and hazardous chemicals.
Dr Ipsita Roy informed the students about issues related to working with radioactive materials.
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