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Basic Considerations in Assessing and Preventing Occupational Infections in Personnel Working With Nonhuman Primates
Author(s) -
Richardson John H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1987.tb00320.x
Subject(s) - biosafety , personal protective equipment , occupational exposure , hygiene , context (archaeology) , medicine , hazard , clothing , environmental health , animals laboratory , respirator , personal hygiene , occupational hygiene , infectious disease (medical specialty) , occupational safety and health , biology , covid-19 , pathology , family medicine , ecology , disease , history , paleontology , population , archaeology , research methodology , materials science , composite material
Transmission of zoonotic infections of nonhuman primates to human contacts is a documented occupational hazard. Although the list of naturally occurring and experimentally induced infections of nonhuman primates is extensive the risks of transmission may substantially be reduced by the use of good animal care practices, appropriate protective measures and devices, and suitable animal facilities. The essential elements of good animal care practices include high levels of personal hygiene; minimizing the creation of potentially infectious aerosols and droplets; use of personal protective clothing, devices, and vaccines; a system for reporting, evaluating, and treatment of occupational exposures and infections; and animal facilities appropriate for the species being used and the activities conducted. These essential elements are described and discussed in the context of published voluntary codes of practice—notably “Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories.”