Equipment, reagents and consumables
To enable laboratory technicians to ensure the daily use, monitoring, first-line maintenance and traceability of equipment, as well as the receipt, storage, use and monitoring of the reagents and consumables needed to run their bench.
Analytical quality depends on resources that are available, compliant and under control. This workshop strengthens the reflexes needed to secure equipment, reagents and consumables.
- check that a piece of equipment is fit for use
- correctly perform authorised start-up, shutdown and maintenance operations
- recognise, make safe and report a malfunction
- record uses, maintenance, incidents and interventions
- consult and complete the documents associated with a piece of equipment
- receive and check reagents and consumables
- respect storage, preparation and use conditions
- ensure traceability of lots and opening dates
- apply stock rotation and storage rules
- prevent stock-outs, expiries, losses and non-compliant use
The detailed programme for this workshop has not been published yet.
This programme is announced: its detailed content will be published shortly.
Provide a certificate of enrolment in a biomedical programme, a copy of a diploma in biomedical analysis, medical biology or a related field, or a professional certificate. A general knowledge of how a bench operates is recommended.
- laboratory technicians and technologists
- bench staff
- technical leads and section managers
- technicians involved in monitoring equipment or stock
- final-year students and recent graduates
- professionals wishing to strengthen their control of analytical resources
This programme strengthens skills and employability; it is not an automatic promise of recruitment.
