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INTRODUCTION, OVERVIEW, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 1-10

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... This book by the Committee on Occupational Safety and Health in ResearchAnimal Facilities, in the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources of the National Research Council's Commission on Life Sciences, is about the occupational health and safety of institutional employees, visitors, and students who in the course of their work with research animals might be exposed to hazards that could adversely affect their health and safety. Our task is to promote occupational health and safety by recognizing and considering hazards and health risks associated with the care and use of research animals.
From page 2...
... Most research institutions have established environmental health and safety offices to foster institutional compliance with regulations promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency.
From page 3...
... We expect institutions to choose to address the health and safety needs of animal care and use employees within the context of their existing environmental health and safety programs. But new initiatives must be the product of interactions among employees who represent administration, research, animal care and use, and occupational health.
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... Chapter 2. Program Design and Management The material in this chapter lays the foundation for developing an occupational health and safety program that addresses employee risks of illness and injury associated with the care and use of research animals.
From page 5...
... The discussion on protocol-related hazards emphasizes the responsibility of investigators to identify hazards associated with their research and to select the safeguards that are necessary to protect employees involved in the care and use of their research animals. Guidelines of the National Research Council for planning experiments with hazardous chemicals are offered as a useful approach for incorporating safety considerations into the design of protocols involving the experimental exposure of animals to toxic chemicals.
From page 6...
... Chapter 6. Principal Elements of an Occupational Health and Safety Program This chapter reviews the key elements of the traditional occupational health and safety program that contribute to the control of hazards and reduction of risks.
From page 7...
... . However, the Public Health Service requirement that institutions that receive federal funds for animal research provide an occupational-health program for employees with substantial animal contact has been broadly interpreted as a mandate to provide a comprehensive array of health-care services, including physical examinations and preplacement baseline serum collection and storage.
From page 8...
... The effort should involve the collaborative participation of people representing all institutional activities related to the care and use of research animals, including not only the animal care and use program itself, but also research, environmental health and safety, occupational health, and management and administration. Those activities should interact continually to maintain a successful occupational health and safety program.
From page 9...
... We recommend that an occupational health and safety program provide for the appropriate level of participation of all personnel involved in the care and use of research animals on the basis of the risks encountered, regardless of their employment status. Determining Need for Health-Care Services Substantial contact with research animals is not a sufficient indicator of the need for health-care services.
From page 10...
... We do not recommend serum collection and storage as standard components of an occupational health and safety program. They have value only for employees who have substantial likelihood of occupationally acquired infection with an agent that can be monitored serologically.


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