Safety In Animal Research

Question 1

What are the classes of hazard?

Answer 1

• Chemical
• Physical
• Drug
• Allergen
• Fire and evacuation

Question 2

What are chemical hazards?

Answer 2

• Explosives
• Carcinogenic/Teratogenic
• Corrosive/caustic/acidic
• Radioactive

Question 3

What are physical hazards?

Answer 3

• Lifting heavy weights
• Animal bites
• Crush injuries
• Trips, slips, falls
• Splashes E.g. eyes
• Sharps

Question 4

What are sharps injuries?

Answer 4

Any skin puncture -> what was introduced into the wound?

Question 5

What are biological hazards

Answer 5

Infectious agents being used, zoonoses, pregnant/immunocompromised

Question 6

What are zoonoses?

Answer 6

Any disease or infection that is transmissible from animals to humans

Question 7

What are drug hazards?

Answer 7

Anesthetics, carcinogens, controlled drugs, radiation, excretions, carcasses

Question 8

How do you deal with allergen hazards?

Answer 8

Use PPE and RPE (FFP3)

Question 9

How do you deal with fire and evacuation?

Answer 9

Turn off gases, return animal to cage/euthanise, get out

Question 10

How do you manage risks?

Answer 10

1. Identify hazards
2. Quantify risks
3. Reduce the risks (minimize chance of going wrong and harm, maximize chance of being detected)