Safety Training

In compliance with federal regulation and the Portland VA institutional policy, all investigators, research staff, and other relevant personnel (those reasonably involved in basic science research) must complete the VA's Safety Education Training.

Safety education is now made up of a series of modules you can view online. Below are step-by-step instructions and a breakdown of which modules to view based on your type of work/research.

Everyone is required to do the first module titled General Safety. The other two modules are based on the type of work you do at the VA. For example if you work in a wet lab you will also take the Biosafety module, and if you work with radioisotopes, you will take the Radiation Safety module (many of you will be taking all three).

Submitting the completion section at the end of each module will notify the Research office that you have completed your training. After verification you will be sent a certificate of completion for your records.

Module 1: General Safety (required for all Research employees)
Module 2: Biosafety (required for Research employees who work in wet labs)
Module 3: Radiation Safety (required for Research employees who work with radiation)

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