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夏季更新 - 雪莱·福斯(Shelley Forse)的我与Uthealth Biosafety计划有关

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英航,雪莱可能是二年级实习的Industrial Hygiene program atthe西南职业与环境健康中心(SWCOEH)。她在德克萨斯农工大学获得了生物学文学学士学位。她是休斯顿人,她一直对墨西哥湾沿岸的行业感兴趣,并为工人安全而开发了创新。

今年夏天,Forse女士在安全,健康,环境与风险管理(Sherm)办公室内完成了Uthealth Houston Biosafety计划的实习。

“Shelley and I first crossed paths during a guest lecture that I provided on the topic of biosafety, and she contacted me shortly thereafter about opportunities for a learning experience,” said斯科特·帕特洛维奇(Scott Patlovich),DRPH,CIH,CSP CBSP,CHMM,CPH,环境健康与安全助理副总裁。“Once we discussed her learning goals and determined that SHERM would be a good fit, we identified a practicum project that aligned with her interests. Shelley did a great job not only with her practicum project (biosafety analytics initiative survey development) but she also took advantage of the breadth of programs within our department to participate in a wide variety of real-world health and safety work activities such as conducting laboratory and clinic safety surveys, reviewing biosafety protocol submissions to ensure safe work practices were in place, performing respiratory fit testing and training, assisting in workplace exposure evaluations, and others. Her experience exemplifies the valuable mutual benefit that a practicum experience in SHERM provides both to the student and to our department and the institution.”

Forse女士分享了与她实习的见解swcoeh.org

swcoeh.org: How is the internship with UTHealth Houston Office of Safety, Health, Environmental and Risk Management (SHERM) going?

福斯女士: My practicum experience with SHERM has been primarily with the Biosafety Program, and it has been wonderful. I have really enjoyed working with the Biosafety team and cross-training with other programs within the department. Over the summer I have gained a tremendous amount of real-world experience in a dynamic teaching, research, and clinical environment within Biosafety, Chemical Safety, Radiation Safety, Hospital and Clinic Safety as well as the Fire Prevention and Environmental Protection programs.

swcoeh.org:到目前为止,您最喜欢的实习方面是什么?

福斯女士:我最喜欢的部分之一是继续教育会议。每周都会在经过精心策划的相关主题中进行有趣,高质量和实用的演示。Sherm成员利用这段会议时间来提高技术技能,保持沟通的流动以及即将到来的项目。另外,会议通常意味着有人带上甜甜圈。

swcoeh.org:您的主要项目的目标是什么,这是为了帮助设计一项生物安全分析计划(BAI)调查?

福斯女士: The overarching goal of the Biosafety Analytics Initiative is to collect benchmarking data on program drivers and staffing needs for biosafety programs through a series of online surveys sent to members of the American Biological Safety Association International (ABSA), the association representing biosafety and biosecurity professionals globally. The first BAI survey was created by a former SPH practicum student and initially distributed in June 2019. This survey yielded fruitful information about the work setting in which biosafety professionals are typically employed. I assisted with the second survey this summer.

swcoeh.org:您可以在调查中分享一个或两个示例问题吗?

福斯女士:在第二次BAI调查中,我们正在寻求为生物安全计划人员配备和预算需求的统计学意义驱动因素表征。这项调查的问题将询问生物安全计划所支持的实验室设施和研究活动的类型,包括精选代理和毒素研究,双重使用研究等高风险活动。beplay苹果手机能用吗这些因素以及其他可能在调查中揭示的因素,预计将被视为主要驱动因素,这些驱动因素会影响需要多少生物安全工作人员,并估计与生物安全计划监督相关的成本。

swcoeh.org:您对可能正在考虑与Sherm实践经验的未来IH学生有什么建议?

福斯女士:在该部门内有很多学习的机会,可为整个Uthealth休斯顿校园提供健康和安全服务。由于实践时间范围有些限制,因此请务必为您想做什么以及想要摆脱体验的计划有一个计划。If you can prepare in advance by educating yourself about the risks often found in the research and clinical settings, then you can have direction for the experience that you want.花时间研究该领域,以熟beplay苹果手机能用吗悉技术缩写/首字母缩写,常见问题,一般工作职责以及经常使用的实验室或临床设备。在实验室或诊所环境中,如果您还没有这种经验,请熟悉设备和一般程序。这将使您在实践体验期间最大程度地提高时间和效率。

就非常实用而言,我要补充一点,这项实习位于休斯敦的德克萨斯医疗中心,停车有些棘手。在实习开始之前,为您的运输/停车场制定一个好的计划。

swcoeh.org:到目前为止,您在Sherm系中学到了什么?

福斯女士:我已经了解了如何运营和管理学术和临床组织的框架。通过与Sherm内的其他计划进行交叉培训,我有机会了解部门内每个专业服务领域。具体来说,我已经获得了技术知识,学习了如何进行实验室调查,协助生物安全协议开发和批准,进行了室内空气质量采样,协助了高层建筑物的消防演习,并进行了无数的呼吸拟合测试。

与Sherm合作一直是一次很棒的经历。团队很有帮助,环境令人鼓舞。我强烈建议任何有兴趣将IH应用于研究或临床环境的学生。beplay苹果手机能用吗

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