The Asia Pacific Biosafety Training Network is the gateway to provide professionals in the biosafety arena the essential tools to teach their colleagues laboratory biosafety principles and practices. The WHO Collaborating Centre for Applied Biosafety Programmes and Research at the Division of Occupational Health and Safety, National Institutes of Health developed the 2nd Edition of the Instructor's Guide For Biosafety Training. The Guide is an instructor's resource for teaching essential laboratory biosafety principles and practices through lectures, visual presentations and interactive activities.

The APBTN trains the instructors to educate their colleagues laboratory biosafety principles and practices. The APBTN assists instructors in training their colleagues in laboratory biosafety principles and practices. The materials provided by the APBTN can help the instructor introduce and teach the discipline of biosafety to the next generation of researchers and other laboratory personnel. The APBTN allows biosafety trainers and laboratory workers to contact instructors, learn about upcoming training opportunities and have access to the 2nd Edition of the Instructor's Guide For Biosafety Training.