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The Animal Care Under Quarantine Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to infectious diseases
- Presence of aggressive animals
- 2. Animal Handling
- Animal bites
- scratches and kicks
- Back injury from handling heavy animals
- 3. Quarantine Area Setup
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Injury from setting up enclosures
- 4. Disease Monitoring
- Exposure to infectious diseases
- Stress injuries from repetitive tasks
- 5. Food and Water Provision
- Allergic reactions
- slipping on water spills or food waste
- 6. Cleaning Enclosures
- Exposure to aggressive animals
- Exposure to disease through animal wastes
- 7. Veterinary care
- Bites and scratches
- Exposure to needles and medical waste
- 8. Exercise Activities
- Injury due to unpredictable animal behaviours
- exposure to outdoor elements
- 9. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazards in waste material
- Infection from sharp objects
- 10. Report Writing
- Repetitive strain injuries from typing
- Eye strain from computer work
- 11. Quarantine Release
- Exposure to aggressive or stressed animals
- Physical injury when opening/closing gates
- 12. Decontamination
- Exposure to cleaning chemicals
- Dermal irritations
- 13. Night Checks
- Risks in low visibility conditions (tripping/falling)
- Aggressive animal behaviour due to disruption
- 14. Equipment maintenance
- Cutting or drilling tools can pose a risk of injury
- Electrical shock from power tools
- 15. Emergency Procedures
- Injury during rapid response emergency
- Panic-induced accidents
- 16. Final Inspection
- Injury from disregarded hazards
- forgetfulness due to fatigue
- 17. Staff Debriefing
- Psychological stress from difficult situations
- Trip/fall in meeting room setup
- 18. Document updating
- Repetitive strain injuries from typing
- Eye strain from computer work
- 19. Resources management
- Injury from lifting heavy items
- trip and fall from unorganised storage
- 20. Training new staff
- Incorrect handling causing injury
- Miscommunication leading to errors