Safety In the Animal House

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Safety In the Animal House

• Peter Nowlan

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Hazards

• Chemical
• Physical
• Biological
• Drugs
• Allergens
• Fire

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Chemical

• Explosives
• Caustic/Acidic
• Carcinogenic/Mutagenic/Teratogenic
• Radioactive

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Physical

• Lifting weights
• Animal bites ( small animals)
• Crush Injuries ( larger animals)
• Gas cylinders falling / leaking
• Wet floors slipping
• Needle Sticks
• Freunds Adjuvant eye splash

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Biological

• Use of infectious agents P1-P4 categories
• Infections from animals Bacterial Viral
  Parasites
• Immuno-compromised persons
• Bio safety permission
• Precautions clothes/ work practices

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Drugs

• Anaesthetics
• Narcotics
• Carcinogens/Mutagens/Teratogens
• Controlled Drugs /Access
• Radioactive
• Excretion /urine/faeces
• Carcase disposal

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Allergens

• Laboratory Animal Allergy
• Industrial Disease
• Know your status
• Do you suffer from asthma or other allergic
  condition
• Use PPE and change clothes

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Fire General

• Leave the building
• If you are in control of an animal either return
  it to its cage or Euthanise it
• Do not work alone