The 职业健康 and 安全 for the Animal Care Program (Occ健康机场核心计划) is a concerted effort of the Environmental 健康 and 安全 Department, 的IACUC, 主治兽医, 签约医生, principal investigators and their student assistants; the Animal Care Facility workers; and the animal users themselves. These groups cooperate to formulate personnel safety and health management as appropriate for each person's identified risk factors. All personnel that are involved in the direct care of animals and their living quarters and those individuals who have direct contact with animals (live or dead), 它们的活组织, body fluids or wastes are included in this program. Note that this description is limited to TSU 教师, 工作人员 and students with animal or animal material contact.
风险评估 & 病史
The assessment of risk is determined by frequency of contact, 曝光强度, hazards associated with the animals being handled, hazardous properties of agents used in with the animals being handled, hazardous properties of agents used in research, 个体员工的易感性, 可用的危害控制措施, and the occupational history of individual employees.
In addition to the completing the 风险评估, 每一个教师, student or 工作人员 member having direct research animal contact or requiring access to vivaria must complete the 病史 Questionnaire to determine if their work assignment and/ or medical status pose exposure risks that may require additional health recommendations or safety measures. Principal investigators are responsible for ensuring that their 教师, 工作人员, and students working in their research space complete the 风险评估 and medical history questionnaire.
获得医疗保健服务
托国立为其员工提供医疗保健计划, 谁可以获得各种免疫接种, medical evaluations and preventive medicines through 健康 Select United 健康 Medical plan. 学生 may obtain these services through the Student 健康 Center Clinic on campus. 因此, 破伤风疫苗接种和咬伤治疗, scratches and illness or injury will be provided by the University's Student 健康 Center for students. Faculty and 工作人员 must receive vaccinations and treatments via their primary care physicians from health plans provided by the University. Institutional policies are in place for personal hygiene, handling hazardous agents and personnel protection.
Responsibilities of the 职业健康 and 安全 Physician
A contract physician in the Student 健康 Clinic on the campus of TSU is responsible for reviewing the 风险评估 and 病史 questionnaire forms. All HIPPA guidelines and regulations regarding patient privacy are adhered to in storing 职业健康 and 安全 program participant files in the Student 健康 Clinic. 的IACUC, 托国立风险管理专家, the Director of the Department of Environmental and 健康 and 安全 and the contract physician are responsible for the planning and monitoring for the 职业健康 and 安全 - Animal Care and Use Program activities, 目标和目的.
职业健康 & 安全培训
通过职业健康和安全计划, 教师, 工作人员 and students will receive educational and on-the-job training regarding the inherent hazards associated with handling laboratory animals and working in an animal facility. The training will provide information regarding allergies to laboratory animals, 化学品安全, 物理危害, 处理废物, 潜在的人畜共患病, 以及怀孕期间的预防措施, 疾病或免疫能力下降. The training will be sponsored by DRERS and conducted by the Department of Environmental 安全, 的IACUC, 和DRERS.
报告受伤 & 疾病
受伤情况由教职工报告, 工作人员 and students to the Environmental 健康 and 安全 Department by completing and submitting an Accident and Incident report form to the Department. The form will then be reviewed by the TSU IACUC and the 健康 and 安全 Committee (HSC) for potential correction of unsafe practices or conditions.
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