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Sharps Awareness Training

This practical workshop equips staff, faculty and Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) members with the knowledge and skills to safely handle, store and dispose of sharps.

Who should take this:

Required for all Â鶹¹ÙÍø's employees including grounds, custodial, facilities staff, residence staff, JHSC members and EHS and others responsible for or working with sharps.

Format:

Available only as online eLearning.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing Sharps training participants will be able to:

  • Explain hazards associated with sharps and bloodborne pathogen risks and applicable regulatory/policy requirements.
  • Demonstrate correct sharps handling, segregation and use of approved sharps containers and labels.
  • Apply local Â鶹¹ÙÍø procedures for sharps disposal, post‑exposure response and incident reporting.

Evaluation:

Completion is assessed by an online quiz where participants must score a minimum of 75% to pass. Training completion Certificates can be found under the Assessments tab of the course. 

Duration:

No time limit (estimated time required: 120 minutes)

Accommodations:

Â鶹¹ÙÍø is committed to providing an accessible, barrier‑free training experience for all participants. If you require an accommodation to access Sharps eLearning or any Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s EHS training please let us know as soon as possible, ideally at least ten (10) business days before you need to complete the course. Requests can be made by contacting Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Environmental Health & Safety at safety@queensu.ca. All accommodation requests are handled with discretion. We will work with you to provide reasonable accommodations in a timely manner.

Questions/concerns about this training program should be sent to safety@queensu.ca.

Registration

To self-enrol in a non-academic course:

  1. From the OnQ homepage, locate the Browse Self-Registration Courses widget. 
  2. Click the blue Browse Now button.
  3. Search for active courses by entering terms that match course titles and descriptions. Enter EHS in the search field and a list of all courses will show up.
  4. Select the course you want to enrol in from the search results. 
  5. From the course details page, click enroll in course EHS - Sharps Awareness Training 

If you are returning to a quiz that you started earlier (in progress), you do not need to self-register again. From the OnQ Home Page, your training course will be listed at the top of the page under My Courses.