Occupational Safety and Health in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates

Details

• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In 1997, the National Research Council Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (NRCILAR) published the first guide for the management of an Occupational Health and Safety Program (OHSP) for the care and use of laboratory animals (1). This report provided a broad reference foundation for the development of an institutional OHSP. The care and use of nonhuman primates in the research setting presents challenges to facility management, including the need for guidance in risk assessment and management of specific hazards. The same year this report was published, a splash to the eye unassociated with injury resulted in the Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 infection and subsequent death of a research assistant at a primate research center. Limited reviews of policies and procedures related to working with nonhuman primates conducted by CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at various National Primate Research Centers in response to this incident identified an absence of accepted industry-wide standards for management of such occupational hazards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Health Promotion Laboratories Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Laboratory-animals; Laboratory-workers; Occupational-health-programs; Occupational-safety-programs; Risk-factors; Health-care; Health-hazards; Health-programs; Health-protection; Occupational-hazards; Health-standards
• Source:
  MMWR 2003 Sep; 52(38):920
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  38
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023912
• Citation:
  MMWR 2003 Sep; 52(38):920
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:522a59b60ee6e8aa608043e2464cc9b5b54c665df2b9b03a7dae92a1ce716518e66c22b46ca8ff14d6a18eb6d4d944abd5d364dc0b95f73ee5ffe9bb9bd600ce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183237/cdc_183237_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 79.56 KB ]