The basics of animal biosafety and biocontainment training

Pritt, Stacy; Hankenson, F. Claire; Wagner, Ted; Tate, Mallory

doi:10.1038/laban0607-31

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“…This behavioral-based training method ensures good work practices are learned and remembered, reduces anxiety in new workers, helps the trainees perform tasks by learned instinct, and provides guidance during everyday work procedures. 30 Training updates are delivered to all applicable staff as needed, when a new infectious agent is brought into the facility, and when procedural changes are made that could conflict with established safety protocols. At a minimum, safety updates should be provided to all animal facility workers at least annually.…”

Section: Personnel Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Animal Research Biosafety

2018

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The use of laboratory animals as experimental models of disease has been a critical tool for biomedical researchers for decades. Animal studies allow scientists to discover and understand the mechanism of infection and ultimately to develop effective treatment and prevention modalities. Workers who directly handle infectious microbes or infected laboratory animals are at risk of exposure while performing their assigned duties. A comprehensive biosafety program, led by a biosafety professional, is critical to properly protect workers and the surrounding community. Such a program includes a thorough understanding of the biohazard through formal risk assessment, implementation of effective biohazard controls, and extensive training of all personnel who are at risk of exposure.

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Section: Personnel Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Animal Research Biosafety

2018

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“…There are many approaches to implementing an effective training program and most institutions use a combination of activities, such as didactic sessions, online modules, personal mentoring, tests, and hands‐on demonstration. The training program should also include a process for providing routine refresher training and ensuring that training is documented in accordance with the many regulatory agencies and guidelines that apply to the type of work being performed . It is important that all personnel that have access to areas in which hazardous materials are used are included in the appropriate aspects of the training program.…”

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Safety considerations for working with animal models involving human health hazards

Carpenter

2018

Anim Models and Exp Med

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A human health hazard may constitute a variety of hazards that are encountered in an animal facility. Health hazards include physical, chemical, radioactive, or biological hazards such as cage and rack washers, chemicals used for cleaning and disinfection, experimental drugs or biologics, radioactive isotopes, zoonotic diseases, allergens, experimental infectious agents, or biological toxins. This article will focus on experimental infectious agents and biological toxins (biohazards) that are hazardous to both animals and humans and require biological containment (biocontainment) to prevent their inadvertent release into the environment. Key areas for safely managing a biocontainment animal care and use program and vivarium are described. While scientific research involving health hazards has created some challenges, it has also provided some excellent advances in methods and technologies. The ideas and approaches in this article will be useful for those just entering this field of research and those who have committed their careers to the safe use of animals exposed to biohazards.

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“…"A critical component of a successful safety program is designing and delivering effective training for employees at all levels." 3 An institutional safety program is most likely to succeed when risks, responsibilities, communication networks, and emergency response plans are well understood and supported by all personnel within the organization.…”

Section: Training Programs and Competency Assessment For Personnelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An institutional culture driven by leadership that expects and supports safety practices and responsibility from all levels within an organization is necessary to achieve an efficient and successful safety program. 3 For an institution to perpetuate an enduring incorporation of safety into the culture rather than simply an expectation for ongoing compliance, individuals associated with the safety program must recognize and understand the identified potential hazards, risks and related mitigation practices. The various stakeholders of a safety program must support institutional decisions on policies and mitigation practices employed to protect personnel from potential hazards.…”

Section: Incorporating Safety and Compliance Into Institutional Culturementioning

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Institutional Responsibilities for the Oversight of Personnel Safety in Animal Research

2018

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Research programs utilizing animal models present a wide variety of risks to personnel safety. These risks stem from a range of hazards including well-recognized physical, chemical, or infectious hazards to novel or less-well defined hazards associated with new and emerging technologies. Institutions must provide appropriate oversight of occupational health and safety programs to help prevent and recognize personnel injury or illness. In this article, we review institutional responsibilities pertaining to animal research safety programs including their regulatory basis and practices necessary for their effective oversight.Keywords occupational health and safety, animal care and use program, institutional animal care and use committee, environmental health and safety, occupational health care services

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The basics of animal biosafety and biocontainment training

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Animal Research Biosafety

Animal Research Biosafety

Safety considerations for working with animal models involving human health hazards

Institutional Responsibilities for the Oversight of Personnel Safety in Animal Research

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