Workplace safety and health for the veterinary health care team

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• Personal Author:
  Gibbins, John D. ; MacMahon, Kathleen
• Description:
  INTRODUCTION: Veterinary practice is associated with a large number of potential chemical, biological, physical, and psychological hazards that vary with the workplace setting and the type of tasks performed. Veterinary employers are responsible for ensuring that workplace hazards are identified and evaluated, from animal-related hazards to chemical exposures. Employers should develop and implement a comprehensive, customized, written safety and health program to address and prevent those hazards. A program that identifies and addresses recognized workplace hazards is an important step toward preventing workplace illnesses and injuries. Training employees about the hazards they are exposed to and encouraging them to report work-related illnesses and injuries are important aspects of an effective safety and health program. A written infection control plan is an important component of a comprehensive safety and health program. The principles of occupational safety and health are universal and many of the recognized hazards are found worldwide in veterinary clinics. This article focuses on workplace standards in the United States but other countries have similar workplace standards and guidance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Clinical Laboratory Techniques Communicable Diseases Education Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Needlestick Injuries Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Veterinarians Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Animal Bites Author Keywords: Occupational Safety Clinical-techniques Clinical-tests Disease-prevention Hazardous Drugs Health-standards Infection-control Injury-prevention Needlestick-injuries Needlestick Injuries Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs Occupational Health Regulations Safety-climate Safety-practices Standards Training Veterinary-medicine Work-environment Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0195-5616
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  409-426
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045703
• Citation:
  Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 2015 Mar; 45(2):409-426
• Contact Point Address:
  John D. Gibbins, DVM, MPH, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS R-10, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Email:
  jgibbins@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e839e880215a83d07624c6abd5e26ef04e7425644a11b80dec40b82c3385ee8c63ef4ffe23b86959cf1bf5109f765ba9ab72da986fecb8c187b2136d6bc2cd9e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201018/cdc_201018_DS1.pdf
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