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Health and Safety Flashcards

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Name 21 zoonotic diseases. lol

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  • Animal influenza
  • Avian influenza
  • Anthrax
  • Brucellosis
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Erysipeloid
  • E.coli 0157
  • Hepatitis E
  • Hydatid disease
  • Leptospirosis
  • Louping ill
  • Lyme disease
  • Orf
  • Ovine chlamydiosis
  • Psittacosis
  • Q-fever
  • Rabies
  • Ringworm
  • Salmonella
  • Tuberculosis
  • Zoonotic diphtheria
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Name 13 zoonotic diseases from direct contact with companion animals.

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  • Bartonella
  • Cow pox
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Hydatid disease
  • Pasteurellosis
  • Toxocariasis
  • Zoonotic diphtheria
  • Psittacosis
  • Rat bite fever
  • Fish tank granuloma
  • Lymphatic choriomeningitis
  • Salmonella
  • Tuberculosis
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State the measures in place to prevent transmission of zoonotic diseases.

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Personal hygiene: handwashing, PPE, no eating or drinking in animal areas.

Control measures: worming, vaccination, screening, removal programmes.

Controlling fomites by not bringing them into animal areas: pens, notebooks, phones, clothing, bedding and feeders.

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What are the risks of working of farms?

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  • Injury and bruising from kicks
  • Cattle crushes
  • Laceration
  • Scratch and bite injuries
  • Equipment that use heat can be fire risks around flammable dry bedding
  • Moving and overturning vehicles
  • Vehicles on slopes
  • Being ran over or being entangled in vehicles
  • Injuries sustained in moving materials or goods
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What are the measures in place to minimise risks on farms?

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  • Risk assessments
  • Dynamic risk assessments
  • Fire alarms
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Vet school doesn’t allow any students on EMS placements to drive ATVs, quad bikes, tractors or telehandlers.
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Define a hazard.

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Hazard – anything that may cause harm.

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Define a risk.

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Risk – the chance that someone is harmed by these or other hazards, together with an indication of how serious the harm might be.

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What is a dynamic risk assessment?

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Dynamic risk assessments are ever-changing and are carried out on the spot by an individual when they enter a new environment or their current environment changes.

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When thinking of who may be harmed, what are the human factors affecting this?

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Described in HALT: Hungry, Angry, Late (lonely), Tired

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What are the individual control mechanisms to prevent zoonoses and spread of disease?

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  • Good hygiene
  • Good handwashing
  • Changing out of contaminated clothes before eating and drinking
  • Fomites
  • No dog kisses
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What are the risks of handling small animals?

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  • Zoonoses
  • Bites and scratches
  • Manual handling and lifting patients
  • Being pulled over or knocked over
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Outline the legal responsibilities of the employer in the workplace.

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Protect employees from harmful things in the workplace

Do risk assessments regularly

Train employees to deal with risks appropriately

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Outline the legal responsibilities of the employee in the workplace.

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Must consult with employer about health and safety

Responsibility for personal safety and the safety of co-workers

Report accidents and injuries in the workplace

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Describe the process of risk assessment.

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  1. Identify the hazards
  2. Identify who may be harmed
  3. Evaluate the risks – think about minimising the risks and any alternatives that can be used.
  4. Record findings
  5. Review and revise at regular intervals or when a change is made or an accident occurs.
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Describe the PPE used in the workplace.

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  • Steel toe-cap boots for large animals
  • Suitable hard hats for equine
  • Suitable protective overalls, lab coats and scrub tops
  • Gloves as specified for the task
  • Eye protection as specified for the task, like dentistry
  • Hearing protection, possibly for indoor pigs
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What is COSHH?

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COSHH – Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health

This does not cover lead, asbestos or radioactive substances, as these have their own regulations.
COSHH does cover:

  • Chemicals and products containing chemicals
  • Fumes
  • Vapours
  • Dust
  • Mists
  • Nanotechnology
  • Gases and asphyxiating gases
  • Biological agents
17
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Describe basic waste procedure.

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Sharps such as needles and blades go in sharps bin

Clean packaging goes in general waste bins

Equipment and materials contaminated with blood and other bodily fluids, and infectious agents go in the clinical waste bin

18
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What are the hazards on EMS?

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  • Animal handling – all sorts of possible ways to be injured
  • Equipment/machinery – all sorts of possible ways to be injured
  • Fatigue – accidents are much more likely to happen when you are tired
  • Inhaling something – dust, air borne microorganisms, chemicals drugs like anaesthetic gases
  • Manual handling – particularly heavy, awkward or sharp items or repetitive movements (like twisting), slips and trips.
  • Your own medical/physical conditions may predispose you to harm, such as asthma or eczema
  • Zoonoses
19
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What are the hazards of farm equpment?

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  • Most common causes of serious injuries and fatalities in agriculture involve moving and overturning vehicles
  • The majority of tractor and other farm vehicle fatal accidents are as a result of overturns when working on slopes or running over people or entanglement
  • All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are designed to cope with a wide variety of terrain types, including steep slopes, but if used outside their safe operating parameters they can very rapidly become unstable
  • Telehandlers are widely used for moving materials and goods, but they are involved in about a quarter of all workplace transport accidents
20
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What can be done to avoid hazards on EMS?

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  • The vets school does not allow any students on EMS to drive ATVs, quad bikes, tractors or telehandlers – this is irrespective of your own personal experience.
  • As a pedestrian, be careful around moving farm vehicles.
  • Take care to avoid entanglement injuries, such as on tractor power take off shafts
21
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What do you do in the event of zoonoses on EMS?

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  • Exposure to zoonoses – TB in camelids and cattle, hepatitis E endemic in pigs, Weil’s disease, ringworm, campylobacter, salmonella, cryptosporidium
  • If you are ill shortly after a placement sensible to visit GP and mention possible zoonosis, it may help to look up information on HSE or NHS website.
  • Even if you are not unwell but there is an outbreak on the farm you should report this to us at Lanford as a ‘near miss’.
22
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What are the zoonotic diseases associated with sheep?

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  • Orf
  • Chlamydia
  • Toxoplasmosis
  • Q fever
  • Salmonella
  • Cryptosporidium
23
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What is orf?

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Orf is a viral skin disease. The best way to prevent the spread of orf is to follow good hygienic practices when handling or rearing sheep and goats. this includes wearing protective gloves, good hand hygiene and vaccinating animals at risk.

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What is Q fever?

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Q fever is spread by close contact with infected animals. Has the possible following symptoms:

  • High fever
  • Severe headache
  • General malaise
  • Myalgia
  • Chills and/or sweats
  • Non-productive cough
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhoea
  • Abdominal pain
  • Chest pain

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