Lecture 6

Question 1

What is the Work Health and Safely Act 2011

Answer 1

• Provides a framework to protect the health, safety and welfare of all workers at work. It also protects the health and safety of all other perople who might be affected by the work
• All workers are protected by the WHS Act. This includes employees, contractors, subcontractors, outworkers, apprentices and trainees, work experience students, volunteer and employers who perform work
• The WHS Act also provides protection for the general public so that their health and safety is not placed at risk by work activities

Question 2

What is the primary duty of care

Answer 2

A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety

• Workers engaged by the person
• Workers whose activities in carrying out work are influenced or directed by the person; while the workers are at work in the business or undertaking

Question 3

Why implement safe work practices

Answer 3

• Employees have a legal obligation
• There is also the high cost of sickness and injury if there is exposure to zoonotic pathogens
• Losses due to damages and litigation
• Biosecrutiy measures also important to prevent disease transmission between animals

Question 4

A duty imposed on a perosn to ensure health and safety requires the person to:

Answer 4

• Eliminate risk to helath and safety, so far as it reasonably practical
• If it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate risks to health and safety, to minimise those risks so far as is reasonable practice

Question 5

What is essential for self employed workers

Answer 5

• Must ensure so far as is reasonably practicable his or her own health and safety while at work
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Question 6

What is Work Health and Safety Act 2011 part 2

Answer 6

While at work, a worker must

• Take reasonable care for his/her own health and safely
• Take care that his/her acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of other persons
• Comply, so far as the worker is reasonably able, with any reasonable instructions that is given by the person conducting the business or undertaking to allow the person to comply with this act
• Co-operate with reasonable policy or prcedure of the person conducitng business or undertaking relating to health or safety at the workplace that has been notified to workers

Question 7

4 step risk management process for all work places

Answer 7

1. Identify hazard - find out what could cause harm
2. Assess risk if necessary - understand the nature of the harm that could be caused by the hazard, how serious the harm could be and the likelihood of it happening
3. Control risk - implement the most effective control measure that is reasonably practicable in the circumstances
4. Review control measures to ensure they are working as planned

Question 8

What is step 3 risk control

Answer 8

1. Control the risk by elimination
2. Substitution
3. Isolation
4. Engineering
5. Administrative
6. PPE

Question 9

Routes of infection

Answer 9

• Contact
• Aerosol
• Vector borne transmission

Question 10

What is biosecruity

Answer 10

Procedures or meatures designed to protect the population against harmful biological or biochemical substances

Question 11

What are the 3 levels of infection control

Answer 11

• Engineering controls - built into the design of th facility
  
  • Rooms design, sink placement and air quality and handling systems
  • These should be designed to faciliate use of routine infection control
• Administrative control
  
  • Protocols for infection control and providing staff with safety information, instruction, taining and supervision to ensure health and safety
• PPE
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Question 12

How to contol intectious risks

Answer 12

• Standard precautions
  
  • Contact route of infection, all contact with animals
  • Barrier protection
  • Hygine
• Additional precautions
  
  • Droplet route of infection
  • Respiratory route of infection
• High Risk Precautions
  
  • Specific disease
  • Specific activities

Question 13

How much can be can disease be reduced by hand washing

Answer 13

70%

Question 14

What are standard precautions

Answer 14

• PPE
• Safe use and disposal of sharps
• Routine environmental cleaning and spills management
• Reprocessing of reusable equipment and instruments
• Aseptic non-touch technique
• Waste management
• Appropriate handling of linen

Question 15

What are some handwashing techniques

Answer 15

• Bar soaps are not acceptible
• Soap containers should not be refileld without being cleaned
• Soap containers should not be refilled without being cleanerd
• Antibacterial soaps shoul be used in critical areas such as ICU
• Dry hands with towel after washing
• Aseptic procedures - wash time of 1 minute; surgical wash 5 minutes and after that 3 minutes

Question 16

What is the Radiation Safety Act (1999)

Answer 16

• Intent of the radiation safety act is to protect persons from health risks associated with exposure to radiation. There are legislatives requirements for veterinarians who possess/use or intent to possess/use equipment for plain fllm vet radiograpth
• If any person intends to use x-ray equipment, the person must hold a USE licence
• Possession licences must ensure that users are appropriatelty licenced. The employment prospects of vets are greatly enhanced if the person holds a use licence at the time of application for a position