Investigation on laboratory biosafety education among medical graduate students

Objective To invest the situation and to improve the education on biosafety among medical graduate students.Methods Taking the medical graduate students of Sun Yat-sen University enrolled in fall 2008 as investigators,we implemented investigation on biosafety by a self-designed biosafety awareness questionnaires.The investigation included four fields,the legislation and institution on biosafety,the laboratory operating rules and regulations,the consciousness of protection and the emergency response skill on biosafety.Results We got the present situations of the medical graduate students on biosafety which showed that it was urgent for students to strengthen the biosafety training and education.Conclusion We tried to provide reference for establishing the educational system on laboratory biosafety based the Sun Yat-sen University's practice. Key words: Medical graduate students;  Laboratory biosafety;  Investigation