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The Treatment Of Animal Diseases Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to allergens
- animal bites
- 2. Animal Handling
- Injury from handling animals
- exposure to zoonotic diseases
- 3. Diagnosing the Disease
- Misdiagnosis
- contamination of equipment
- 4. Choosing Treatment Method
- Incorrect choice of treatment
- allergic reactions to drugs
- 5. Administering treatment
- Incorrect dosage
- injury to animals
- needle stick injuries
- 6. Monitoring Response to Treatment
- Accidental ingestion or absorption of medication
- stress due to constant monitoring
- 7. Sterilising Equipment
- Burns
- cuts
- 8. Isolation
- Boredom
- depression
- failure to monitor animal appropriately
- 9. Recording and Reporting
- Miscommunication
- overlooking important details
- 10. Cleaning Up
- Exposure to coronavirus
- other infections from faeces
- skin allergies from cleaning chemicals
- 11. Ordering Medication
- Receiving expired or counterfeit medication
- errors in ordering process
- 12. Transporting Animals
- Mishandling during transport exposes driver to injury
- 13. Euthanasia
- Emotional trauma
- uncorrect procedure can cause pain to animal
- 14. Disposing of Medical Waste
- Infection
- contamination of environment
- 15. Post Treatment Follow Up
- Overlooking symptoms
- not marking treatable conditions or recovery progress
- 16. Health and Safety Review
- Procedures not followed
- overlooking of necessary changes to procedures
- 17. Training Staff
- Inadequate training leading to injury or mistakes
- language barriers
- 18. Compliance Check
- Non-compliance to health
- safety regulations and guidelines
- 19. Ensuring PPE Use
- Misuse or lack of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- incorrect disposal of used PPE
- 20. Mental Health Support
- Mental stress due to euthanasia
- prolonged exposure to sick animals