Online Laboratory Techniques Course: Sample Collection and Safe Handling

Build confidence in essential laboratory work

From preparing a solution to documenting a result, careful handling matters at every step. This online course covers the techniques used to collect samples, handle chemical reagents and work with laboratory glassware and equipment safely and accurately.

What you’ll study

• Laboratory safety: use of personal and collective protective equipment, safe reagent handling, labeling, compatible storage and disposal.
• Measurements and preparation: choosing glassware for approximate or precise measurements, indirect weighing with tared balances, reading the meniscus, sterilizing materials and preparing solutions.
• Analytical techniques: quantitative titrations, pH measurement and acid-base indicators.
• Sample handling: collection of water and clinical-fluid samples, plus transport and preservation practices.
• Results and reporting: tabulating data, creating charts, calculating mean, median and standard deviation, and writing technical-scientific reports.

Turn procedures into reliable practice

Picture yourself checking the correct protective equipment, selecting calibrated glassware and recording each result with care. The course connects these steps to scientific and statistical methods, with activities guided by Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and reports written with rigorous methodology and impartial language.

Explore the laboratory techniques behind safer handling, more accurate measurements and clearer documentation.