NZQA registered unit standard
8040 version 5
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Title
Perform aseptic laboratory techniques
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out
manipulations without contamination; sterilise laboratory
equipment; and prepare and dispense complex sterile media.
Classification
Science > Microbiology
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 26117, Work safely in a science laboratory; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
All work must be carried out in accordance with the quality management system,
documented protocol system or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) acceptable in
a commercial or research laboratory.
2
Health and Safety practices must conform to Australian/New Zealand Standard
AS/NZS 2243:2006 Set – Safety in Laboratories Parts 1, 2, 3, 7 and 10 available at
http://www.standards.co.nz and http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store.
3
Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
4
Glossary
Laboratory procedures refer to documented systems or processes of operation which
may be found in a SOP manual, quality management system, or in protocol system
documentation. These procedures are external and/or internal laboratory
requirements governing laboratory work.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Carry out manipulations without contamination.
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Work environment is prepared to exclude contaminants in accordance with
laboratory procedures.
1.2
Manipulations are carried out without contamination in accordance with
laboratory procedures.
Range
1.3
manipulations include – plating, filtering, sampling, pipetting.
Decontamination is carried out in accordance with laboratory procedures.
Outcome 2
Sterilise laboratory equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Sterilisation techniques are selected and laboratory equipment is sterilised in
accordance with laboratory procedures.
Range
techniques – hot, cold, wet, dry;
equipment – glassware, plasticware, solutions.
Outcome 3
Prepare and dispense complex sterile media.
Range
one medium is required.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Medium is prepared in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions or
laboratory procedures.
3.2
Medium is dispensed aseptically in accordance with laboratory procedures.
3.3
Sterility of medium is verified in accordance with laboratory procedures.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
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NZQA registered unit standard
8040 version 5
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 September 1996
31 December 2014
Review
2
24 February 1998
31 December 2014
Review
3
23 November 1999
31 December 2014
Review
4
21 May 2010
N/A
Rollover
5
27 January 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0152
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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