Online Courses | Instructor-Lead Courses | Other Course Information
The Department of Health, Safety and Environment provides both web-based and instructor-lead training courses. Both Federal and State regulatory requirements and Johns Hopkins policies require employees and staff to receive certain safety training and stay informed about potential health and safety risks or hazards that can exist in our Hopkins workplace.
Examples of training courses offered
- Fire Safety and Hazard Communication
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Minimizing Risk from Fluoroscopy
- Cidex OPA
- DOT/ IATA Dangerous Good Shipping
- Respirator Fit Testing
For more information about our safety training courses, please review the details below.
Should you have any questions or problems with these courses, please contact the Health, Safety, & Environment department at 410.955.5918 or hseinfo@jhmi.edu or safetytraining@jhu.edu.
Several safety courses are now available on-line through the WebCT web site.
To register, you’ll need a JHED ID account. If you are non-Johns Hopkins employee and interested in taking these courses, but don’t have a JHED ID, email us at safetytraining@jhu.edu to create a visitor account.
Our online safety courses have a quiz, in order to receive credit for taking the course you’ll need to complete the course with a passing grade. Your completed course will be entered into our training database as documentation that you took the course.
Bloodborne Pathogens Online Training Course
This online course fulfills the annual training requirements mandated by OSHA and Johns Hopkins for those who could be exposed to human tissues and/or bodily fluids, including those who package or handle human-derived samples for shipping. All Hospital and School of Medicine employees with an active Johns Hopkins Enterprise Directory (JHED) ID are able to take the course by logging in with their JHED ID at this link:
Take the class: Bloodborne Pathogens Training Course
Class instructions: Bloodborne Pathogens Training Instructions
HSE will continue to offer the classroom version of this training course. The classroom training schedule can be found on the HSE website at this link: Training Schedule.
Fire Safety and Hazard Communication Online Training Course
This course is required annually for all John Hopkins Hospital employees. It is recommended that all other employees have this training at least once every three years. This course also serves as a refresher in preparation for the survey of the Joint Commission. All Hospital and School of Medicine employees with an active Johns Hopkins Enterprise Directory (JHED) ID are able to take the course by logging in with their JHED ID at this link:
Take the class: Fire Safety and Hazard Communication Training Course
Class instructions: Fire Safety and Hazard Communication Instructions
HSE will continue to offer the classroom version of this training course. The classroom training schedule can be found on the HSE website at this link: Training Schedule.
Johns Hopkins Medicine Cidex® OPA Course
This course is designed to fulfill the requirement for annual training for proper disinfection and safe use of this high level disinfectant. This training will consist of proper cleaning and disinfecting procedures, safety precautions and ways to avoid risk of exposure. At the completion of the training there will be a 25 question quiz that must be passed with a score of 80% for successful completion of the coure.
Annual Refresher training must be completed per OHSA regulation 1910.1030 (Bloodborne Pathogens), OHSA regulation 1910.1200 (Chemical Right to Know), HSE Policy 501 (Bloodborne Pathogens Control Program) and HSE Guidance G03 (Guidance for Employees Using Ortho-phthalaldehyde) to Disinfect Equipment. You are required to complete this training because your job requires the use of Ortho-phthalaldehyde (Cidex® OPA).
All Hospital and School of Medicine employees with an active Johns Hopkins Enterprise Directory (JHED) ID are able to take the course by logging in with their JHED ID at this link:
Take the class: Johns Hopkins Medicine Cidex® OPA Course
Class instructions: Johns Hopkins Medicine Cidex® OPA Course instructions
Any other employees interested in taking these courses can be registered by sending a request to safetytraining@jhu.edu.
Instructor-Lead Training Courses
We also encourage you to register for our instructor-lead hands-on safety courses. The classroom training schedule can be found on the HSE website at the links below. Classes are offered on-site at 2024 E. Monument Street, Conference Room B-600.
Safety Instructor Lead Training Schedule
DOT/IATA Instructor Lead Training Schedule
Note: To obtain DOT/IATA Dangerous Goods Shipping Certification Training, please click HERE for more information.
Biosafety and Lab Safety Instructor Lead Training Schedule
Radiation Safety Instructor Lead Training schedule
