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Title: Safety In the Animal House


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Safety In the Animal House
  • Peter Nowlan

2
Hazards
  • Chemical
  • Physical
  • Biological
  • Drugs
  • Allergens
  • Fire

3
Chemical
  • Explosives
  • Caustic/Acidic
  • Carcinogenic/Mutagenic/Teratogenic
  • Radioactive

4
Physical
  • Lifting weights
  • Animal bites ( small animals)
  • Crush Injuries ( larger animals)
  • Gas cylinders falling / leaking
  • Wet floors slipping
  • Needle Sticks
  • Freunds Adjuvant eye splash

5
Biological
  • Use of infectious agents P1-P4 categories
  • Infections from animals Bacterial Viral
    Parasites
  • Immuno-compromised persons
  • Bio safety permission
  • Precautions clothes/ work practices

6
Drugs
  • Anaesthetics
  • Narcotics
  • Carcinogens/Mutagens/Teratogens
  • Controlled Drugs /Access
  • Radioactive
  • Excretion /urine/faeces
  • Carcase disposal

7
Allergens
  • Laboratory Animal Allergy
  • Industrial Disease
  • Know your status
  • Do you suffer from asthma or other allergic
    condition
  • Use PPE and change clothes

8
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
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