Occupational Zoonses Flashcards
What is occupational health?
What is an occupational disease?
Occupational health- the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations
Occupational disease- any disease contracted primarily as a result of an exposure to risk factors arising from work activity
What are the different potential hazards to cause occupational disease in the vet workplace?
Biological- infectious agents
Chemical- drugs, waste anaesthetic gases, disinfectants, pesticides, needlesticks
Physical- noise, ionising radiation, cold, heat
Psychological- long work hours, fatigue, grief, stress
What is the legislation for safety at work?
What is RIDDOR?
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
General duties- employers have towards employees and public, themselves and each other
Reporting of Injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrence regulations 2013
puts duties on employers to report certain serious accidents
What- death, injuries, diseases, carcinogens, specified injuries
Must be reported within 10 days of incident
Accidents resulting in >7 days off work must be reported in 15 days
What are the notifiable disease in:
humans and animals
In people
Food poisoning in humans
Humans and animals-
Anthrax, bTB, Influenza A, Rabies
People not animals-
Diptheria, Hepatitis E, STEC, Salmonellosis
Food poisoning- humans
Campylobacter, Cryptosporidosis
How is occupational disease prevented and controlled?
CDC [center for disease control and prevention] hierarchy of control
Prevention- training, clean PPE, personal/general hygiene, avoid eating, drinking, smoking around clinical work, first aid, isolate infected, wary of immunocompromised
Assessing risk-
identify hazards, decide who is at risk, evaluate the risks and decide on precautions, record any significant findings, review the assessment and update
Reporting-
report any major incident to your employer, near misses also
take notes, walk away from unsafe situations
