An innovative approach for health and safety training and occupational health program annual enrollment for laboratory animal care and use personnel.

IF 1.3 4区 农林科学 Q2 VETERINARY SCIENCES
Scott J Patlovich, Robert J Emery, Kristin G King, Zackary B Becker, Rebecca B Kairis, Mary A Robinson, Joy M Harrison, George Delclos, William B Perkison
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Abstract

Animal care and use personnel in research laboratory facilities are inherently exposed to a variety of workplace hazards. The health and safety of the workforce working directly with or around research animals is of paramount importance, and as such, an occupational health and safety program for at-risk staff is essential. In order to maximize participation in and the effectiveness of health and safety training and occupational health program enrollment for animal care and use personnel at an academic health sciences university, an innovative annual "health fair" was developed and implemented at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. This event allows personnel working in positions that present exposure risk to research animals to be able to obtain hazard-specific health and safety training, re-enroll in the occupational health oversight program and update their medical history, and participate in the institution's other safety programs as required by job title or assigned job tasks. By providing a comprehensive health fair that offers convenient access to the necessary safety training and occupational health services in one location during a designated period of time, management and staff are incentivized to participate and have reported satisfaction with and appreciation of the convenient access. Summarized here is how we plan, organize, and effectively execute the annual health fair so that other institutions who might wish to use this strategy can learn from our approach.

为实验室动物护理和使用人员提供健康与安全培训和职业健康计划年度注册的创新方法。
研究实验室设施中的动物看护和使用人员本身就暴露于各种工作场所危险之中。直接与研究动物打交道或在其周围工作的人员的健康和安全至关重要,因此,针对高危人员的职业健康和安全计划至关重要。为了最大限度地提高学术健康科学大学动物护理和使用人员参与健康与安全培训和职业健康计划的积极性和有效性,德克萨斯大学休斯顿健康科学中心开发并实施了一项创新性的年度 "健康博览会"。这项活动让从事有研究动物暴露风险工作的人员能够获得针对特定危险的健康和安全培训、重新注册职业健康监督计划和更新病史,并根据职称或分配的工作任务要求参加机构的其他安全计划。通过在指定时间内在一个地点举办综合健康展,提供方便的必要安全培训和职业健康服务,管理层和员工都会积极参加,并对这种方便的服务表示满意和赞赏。这里总结了我们是如何计划、组织和有效实施年度健康展的,以便其他可能希望采用这一策略的机构可以借鉴我们的方法。
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Laboratory Animals
Laboratory Animals 生物-动物学
CiteScore
4.90
自引率
8.30%
发文量
64
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: The international journal of laboratory animal science and welfare, Laboratory Animals publishes peer-reviewed original papers and reviews on all aspects of the use of animals in biomedical research. The journal promotes improvements in the welfare or well-being of the animals used, it particularly focuses on research that reduces the number of animals used or which replaces animal models with in vitro alternatives.
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