Advanced Lab Management

Lab Crisis Preparation

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Course overview
Lab crises can strike unexpectedly, posing serious threats to experiments, samples, and even careers. From fires to floods, it's crucial to be prepared. Join Tracy Durnan in our Lab Crisis Preparation and equip yourself with the essential strategies to safeguard your lab against unforeseen disasters.
  • Area of Study

    Advanced Lab Management

  • Course Duration

    1 hour

  • CEUs

    0.1

    What is this course about?

    There are many different kinds of lab crises, including fires, severe storms, earthquakes, floods, and disease. It is important to be prepared in case one of these crises strikes your lab. Adequate preparation can make the difference between a delay in the lab’s work and mission, or the total loss of data, samples, or animals which have caused the ruin of careers. This course, Laboratory Crisis Preparation, will help you prepare your lab to recover from a crisis.

    What are the benefits of this course?

    • Understand types of crises: Ensure you are aware of the different kinds of crises that have impacted other labs. Make sure your preparations will cover the different complications that arise from these different situations.
    • Learn from a personal story: Tracy’s lab experienced significant damage from a tropical storm that flooded the city. The flooding caused extended power outages, damaged generators, prevented entry to the building, and prevented resupply of critical needs, like liquid nitrogen.
    • Discover an effective approach to crisis planning: Learn from Tracy’s and other’s experiences and get insight into the 18 elements of an effective crisis preparation plan.
    • Rely on planning rather than luck: a lab crisis can happen to anyone. Learn how to effectively prepare for a crisis and how to test your preparations to ensure that your career can withstand the rigors of recovering from a significant crisis incident.

    What are the learning outcomes of this course?

    By the end of this course, engaged learners should be able to:

    • Identify at least three different crises that could severely impact a lab
    • List planning actions that are part of an effective crisis preparation plan
    • Explain why current contact lists are important for crisis preparation
    • Recognize at least three planning actions to prepare for staffing issues during a crisis
    • Describe planning steps that will help to protect key samples and knowledge for faster recovery after a crisis

    Don’t let a crisis situation destroy your experiments and career.

    Enroll now and unlock the gift of lab crisis preparation.

    Meet The Instructor

    Tracy Durnan

    MBA

    Years of Experience
    Tracy Durnan has led an impressive career as a researcher and administrator in her thirty years working in the field of biomedical research. Tracy served as the Senior Manager of Facilities Operations and Laboratory Support at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center for 15 years. In 2017, she received the Sylvester Stars Award from the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, which recognizes excellence in research administrative staff. Tracy had the unique distinction of receiving nominations for the Sylvester Stars award from more faculty members than any previous recipient. In her role, Tracy led the onboarding of new research labs and significant process improvement efforts in both the research and hospital operations at Sylvester. Tracy has led over a dozen major renovation projects, improving the working environment for hundreds of employees. Tracy is also an expert in disaster preparedness; she published an article in Lab Manager Magazine on the topic of disaster preparedness in September 2018 and has presented talks on the topic at national conventions. Finally, she recently received certification in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

    Before joining the Sylvester Research Administration team, Tracy was the Research Laboratory Coordinator of one of the largest labs at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX for four years.

    Tracy has also worked in laboratory leadership roles at institutions such as NASA and the University of Colorado Medical Center.

    Tracy holds a Bachelor degree in biology from Colorado State University and an MBA in health sector policy and administration from the University of Miami.

    Course Content

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    What are the unique features of this course?

    Our Lab Management courses are designed to support existing and potential lab managers with training in a wide variety of leadership and management skills.

    Self-paced Courses

    Each lecture video features supporting slides, skill-testing activities, interactive elements, and a short quiz.

    IACET Accreditation

    Each Lab Management course is accredited by IACET and is worth 0.1 CEUs.

    Comprehensive Content

    We offer a variety of Lab Management courses designed to empower learners to navigate the intricacies of laboratory operations, from regulatory compliance to operational efficiency.
    Lab Manager Academy is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.