Convenient Online Training that Works for You

With LIA’s online education programs, you can gain comprehensive, applicable training quickly and easily from the comfort of your office or home. The convenient, easy-to-access delivery method over the Internet saves on travel cost and makes it easier for nurses and medical professionals to fit into their busy schedules. While you can start and stop the course as needed, the program only takes two hours to complete.

Why take this course?

• Obtain information essential to the development of a comprehensive CO₂ laser service specific to medical facilities and applications.
• Gain an understanding of the safe use of CO₂ lasers in medical procedures.
• Stay on the cutting-edge of medical laser safety strategies specifically for CO₂ lasers.
• Gain applicable knowledge you can utilize today to protect your patients and staff from the hazards of CO₂ lasers in medical facilities.
• Save time and travel expense with an online program that is tailored to fit the busy schedules of working professionals in the medical and health care fields.

Course Overview—Developing a Solid Foundation

As the use of CO₂ lasers continues to expand in routine clinical applications and in many surgical specialties, the demand for medical staff trained in the safe use of these lasers will also continue to grow. LIA’s CO₂ Medical Laser Safety Course provides a solid foundation in the safe use of lasers specifically in clinical and surgical applications.

The course addresses laser safety protocols according to the ANSI Z136.3 Safe Use of Lasers in Health Care Facilities standard, and the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses. In addition to the working knowledge you will gain, you will earn two contact hours.*

You will learn laser safety practices specific to the CO₂ laser that can be applied immediately at your medical facility:

• Study laser biophysics and tissue interactions specifically for the CO₂laser
• Review and apply laser safety standards from ANSI Z136.3 Safe Use of Lasers in Health Care Facilities and the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
• Learn the effects and characteristics of CO₂ laser wavelengths on tissue
• Discuss the operational skills with the different CO₂ laser delivery systems
• Gain an understanding of how lasers are measured
• Review recommended practices for CO₂ laser applications

Why select LIA for your medical laser safety training?

• Setting the standards in Laser Safety Training for 40 years — We literally wrote the book on laser safety standards. LIA is the secretariat for ANSI Z136 Safe Use of Lasers, the foundation for laser safety standards nationwide.
• World leader in laser safety education — LIA trains more Laser Safety Officers than any other organization in the world. In fact, other laser safety organizations come to LIA for education and training resources.
• Experience counts — LIA’s knowledgeable instructors are among the most experienced experts in the laser industry, and many sit on the ANSI standards committee.
• Employee safety is a top priority — With the goal of keeping the workplace safe from laser hazards, LIA and OSHA formed an alliance to provide laser safety training resources for industrial and medical organizations.

Enroll Today and Provide a Safer Medical Facility Tomorrow

It’s easy to register. Simply go to www.lia.org. Click on the Courses tab and select this course.

Computer Requirements:

This course can be taken from either a PC or MAC. Minimum requirements are:

• An internet connection
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher
• Macromedia Flash Player Plug-In
• Speakers to hear the audio

The registration fee includes:

• Username and password good for three calendar days. Access to the course is unlimited during that time period.
• Printable certificate of completion at the end of the course.
• 2 Contact Hours upon successful completion.
• All course materials are electronic and downloaded when the course is purchased.

*Contact hours are provided by the Laser Institute of America, provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14801, for 2 contact hours.