Vet Science Safety

1. Vet Science Safety Ms. robinson

2. Introduction

3. OSHA • Occupational Health and Safety Act – 1970 • Created Occupational Health and Safety Administration – OSHA • Housed in US Department of Labor • Developed Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) • Places responsibility on the companies that manufacture hazardous materials and on the employer

4. SDS • Safety Data Sheets – SDS • provide information published by manufactures of various products that have the potential to harm humans within the facility • SDS must include: • 1. Manufacturer Information • 2. Hazard Ingredients/ Identity Information • 3. Physical/Chemical Characteristics • 4. Fire and Explosion Hazard Data • 5. Reactivity Data • 6. Health Hazard Data • 7. Precautions for Safe Handling and Use • 8. Control Measures

5. SDS - Continued • Right-to-know station • area where all OSHA binder information and MSDS safety sheets should be kept • OSHA binder • includes safety plans and list of all chemicals or other products that should be labeled • Where are ours located? • The employee is responsible to read and understand the facility’s practice safety manual and regulations and to ready the SDS safety sheets properly

6. SDS Activity Danger Radioactive

7. Types of Safety Hazards Physical Hazards - safety concerns that can cause physical harm to a human or animal’s body • Bites, back injuries, falls, exposure Dosimeter

8. Types of Safety Hazards – cont. Chemical Hazards - safety concerns that may cause injury to the skin, lungs, eyes, or other areas due to exposure • Drugs, cleaning agents, insecticides, anesthetic gases

9. Types of Safety Hazards – cont. Biological Hazards - safety concerns that pose a risk to humans and animals by contamination of living organisms through body tissues and fluids • Living tissue and organisms, Blood, Urine, Live vaccines, Medical waste that has had contact with living tissue (urine soaked blankets, bandage material, etc.), Needles and scalpels “Sharps”

10. Types of Safety Hazards – cont. Zoonotic Hazards - safety concerns that allow contagious organisms to be spread to humans, causing infections, viruses, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic transmission • Virus, Bacteria, Fungus, Parasites

11. Controlled Substances • By law, drugs that have the potential for abuse and addiction, must be kept in a locked cabinet • Drug Enforcement Administration • regulates the medications • veterinarians are required to obtain a DEA license

12. Controlled Substances – cont. • Controlled substance log • must be maintained accurately • must be kept on file for 2 years • information must be recorded and accurate and available for inspection at any time • Drug Name • Date of Use • Patient Name • Amount remaining • Drug strength • Client name • Amount used • Initial of handlers

13. Controlled Substances – cont. • Schedule I:no medical use – high abuse (illegal substances) • Schedule II:accepted medical use – high abuse (morphine) • Schedule III: accepted medical use – medium abuse (phenobarbital) • Schedule IV:accepted medical use – low abuse (Tylenol with codeine • Schedule V:accepted medical use – very low (liquid cough medicines)

14. What is Sanitation? • Sanitation is the process of keeping an area neat and clean

15. Levels of Cleaning • Physical Cleaning – physically removing all visible signs of dirt and organic matter such as feces, blood, hair, etc.

16. Levels of Cleaning • Disinfecting – the process of destroying most microorganisms on non-living things by physical or chemical means • Antiseptics – solutions that destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth on living tissue

17. Levels of Cleaning • Sterilization – destroying ALL microorganisms and viruses on an object, using chemicals and/or heat under pressure • Cold sterilization - soaking items in a disinfectant chemical until they are used • Dry-Heat or incineration - incinerating an object or exposing it to flame • Autoclave - a sealed chamber in which objects are exposed to heat and steam under pressure • Radiation - using ultraviolet or gamma rays • Ultra-Sound - passing high frequency sound waves through a solution to create a vibration that scrubs an object to remove debris • Filtration - Removing particles from the air, using a physical barrier

18. Veterinary Sanitation Chemicals/Cleaners • Disinfecting agents have a variety of properties that alter their uses and effectiveness. • Spectrum of Activity – what the agent will kills (bacteria, viruses, fungus, etc.) • Concentration of Solution – strength • Contact time of Solution – how long the disinfectant should sit before being cleaned from the surface • Appropriate surface uses – the types of items the agent may be used to clean • Inhibiting factors – uses that should be avoided when using the disinfectant • Toxic effects – hazardous effects the agent may have to humans or animals

19. Hand Hygiene • Most common method of spreading disease is through direct hand contact • Wash your hands!!!!

20. Housekeeping and General Cleaning • Work from the top to the bottom when cleaning or disinfecting items • Work from the back of a space to toward the door • Begin cleaning at a starting point • Work clockwise • Always clean, using an up and down motion or side to side

21. Aseptic Technique • Aseptic Technique is the practice keeping a sterile environment and keeping the environment disease and contaminate free • Sterile techniques – washing hands frequently, wearing gloves when handling animals, and cleaning all surfaces with disinfectants • Nosocomial infection – when a human causes the spread of disease and the contamination of an animal

22. Animal Management • Body language - is the communication by the animal about how it feels towards other animals, people and its environment

23. The Happy Animal • Canine – alert • Ears pricked forward • Tail stiff • Mouth closed • Stands forward on toes • Canine – relaxed • Tail down and relaxed • Mouth slightly open, tongue out • Ears forward • Loose stance

24. The Scared Animal • Canine – fear • Hackles raised • Tail tucked • Body low to the ground • Nose and lips curled • Ears back • Canine – Submission • Rolled on back with stomach and throat exposed • Tail tucked • Ears back • Avoids eye contact • May dribble urine

25. The Angry Animal • Canine – aggression • Hackles raised • Tail bristled and stiff • Nose curled, lips wrinkled • Teeth and gums visible • Stiff-legged, body leaning forward

26. Restraint • Restraint – means to hold back, check or suppress an action and to keep something under control using safety and some means of physical, chemical or psychological action

27. Animal Safety • Safety must be considered of the patient and staff!