Introduction to Animal Hazards Program (Version 2004B)                                Be sure to answer all questions!

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1. True    False    Triennial inspections are conducted by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC), International to assure compliance with all applicable occupational health and safety standards. 
2. True    False    Examples of selected hazards in animal facilities include potential risk of: back injury, hearing loss, electric shock, puncture wounds, needle sticks and exposure to allergens, chemicals, biohazards and radiation.
3. True    False    According to OSHA, management must ensure that employees have a safe place in which to work safely.
4. True    False    University Animal Care has overall responsibility for the Animal Hazards Program.
5. True    False    Supervisors have no legal responsibility for activities within their work sites. This is the responsibility of management.
6. True    False    Employees must be able to clearly identify and understand the various hazards that are likely to cause harm in their workplace and to this end, the University of Arizona’s Animal Hazards Program requires a self-assessment and inspection at least annually.
7. True    False    Employees may choose to disregard the safety guidelines and practices as put forth by their employer.
8. True    False    Conscientious personal hygiene (wearing of lab coats, which are laundered frequently, gloves, and frequent washing of hands) remains the basic model of disease prevention.
9. True    False    It is not necessary for medical and research staff to maintain communication to assure the success of the overall Animal Hazards Program.
10. True    False    For legal purposes, it is necessary to document animal bites and scratches, needle sticks and other sharps injuries, as well as overt exposures to chemical-, radioactive-, or biohazards.
11. True    False    Personnel required to participate in the Animal Hazards Program include those individuals who have direct contact with animal tissues, body fluids, or wastes.
12. True    False    Individual risk assessment is determined by frequency of contact, intensity of exposure, hazards associated with the animals being handled, hazardous properties of agents used in research, the susceptibility of individual employees, the hazard-control measures available, and the occupational history of individual employees.
13. True    False    Instructors and students involved with animal related work; some personnel in Facilities Management, Security, and Custodial services; as well as some students, consultants, volunteers, and visitors must be included in the Animal Hazards Program if assessment of risk has been determined.
14. True    False    Participants are organized into categories that reflect the specific surveillance needs of the employee based on real or potential occupational exposure to specific species of animals.
15. True    False    Enrollment in the Animal Hazards Program must occur prior to the employee’s or participant’s exposure to animals, their viable tissues, body fluids, or wastes.
16. True    False    Only University Animal Care employees need to be queried via the University of Arizona’s Risk Assessment Questionnaire regarding anticipated exposure to animals.
17. True    False    Not every lab needs to appoint an Occupational Safety Designee to be responsible for occupational safety concerns for their research group.
18. True    False    Individuals who have not registered with the Animal Hazards Program are subject to having facilities access denied and protocol authorization/participation withdrawn.
19. True    False    Every person working with animals should be aware of the potential danger from animal bites and each occurrence should be reported to one’s supervisor so that proper measures may be taken.
20. True    False    When an injury or illness has occurred, a Supervisor’s Report of Employee Injury form must be filed with the UA Department of Risk Management and Safety within a year.
21. True    False    Many of the agents responsible for viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections in laboratory animals are capable of infecting humans.
22. True    False    Employees are counseled to report any gastrointestinal, respiratory, or dermal illnesses that may resemble the signs or symptoms of infections in the animals for which they are caring.
23. True    False   It is not necessary for all participants to receive a Tetanus re-vaccination every 10 years.
24. True    False    Due to privacy issues, Occupational Safety Designee’s are not notified of employee or individual participation or non-compliance in the surveillance program.
25. True    False    There is a greater chance of contamination when eating, drinking, smoking, or applying cosmetics in areas where animals are housed or used.
26. True    False    Laboratory coats should be worn over street clothes when working with animals and left in the lab (not worn when eating or in public eating areas) to minimize contamination.
27. True    False    Careful hand washing should be done after handling of animals and prior to leaving the laboratory to minimize contamination.
28. True    False    The Occupational Safety Designee for each research group is not responsible for assuring that all members of the research group are adequately informed of, and receive training in Occupational Safety issues.
29. True    False   Review of protocols cannot be delayed for approval if a Principal Investigator has not received proper certification in Laws & Regulations and Introduction to the Animal Hazards Program.
30. True    False    All participants in the Animal Hazards Program need to have their vaccinations documented.
31. True    False    The University recognizes regular health and safety inspections as an effective mechanism for identifying workplace hazards.
32. True    False    The Animal Hazards Program requires each animal use unit to inspect the work area for hazards and evaluate the findings to develop a plan for hazard control.
33. True    False    Regular health and safety inspections allow one to identify hazardous conditions and apply hazard control measures.
34. True    False    The health and safety inspection team should be comprised of at least two individuals, but the Occupational Safety Designee should not be one of them .
35. True    False    A joint health and safety team inspection should be done at least on an annual basis, and is recommended on a quarterly basis depending on the area.
36. True    False    The Occupational Safety Designee or supervisor need not monitor the workplace for safety or hazardous risks until the time of the annual inspection.
37. True    False    Observations made during health & safety inspections must be recorded on the University of Arizona Animal Hazards Program Health and Safety Inspection Checklist and Report Form to ensure that issues raised are not forgotten and to provide a valuable reference source for spot inspection and periodic checks by supervisors.
38. True    False    The Identified Hazard Summary Sheet with required signatures need only be filed at the work site to be available to IACUC, granting agency, and AAALAC site visitors.
39. True    False    There is no reason for analyzing inspection records over time as they don’t assist in improving or establishing healthy safe work practices.
40. True    False    Persons noncompliant with the Animal Hazards Program could cause a moratorium on their labs animal ordering.
41. True    False    Principal Investigators who do not file the University of Arizona Animal Hazards Program Identified Hazard Summary Sheet will immediately lose facilities access for their research group.
42. True    False    Allergies to animal hair, dander, or excreta is common and is one of the most important occupational problems occurring in workers exposed to animals.
43. True    False    Guinea pigs are the predominant species invoking allergic reactions in the laboratory.
44. True    False    The most important risk factor for an individual developing animal allergies is the level of exposure to laboratory animal allergens.
45. True    False    Allergies can manifest in a number of ways including runny nose, irritation of the eyes, and rashes, which are caused by contact with a substance to which an individual is allergic.
46. True    False    The principle route of exposure to animal allergens is inhalation though direct skin and eye contact can also occur.
47. True    False    Laboratory animal allergies can be partially prevented by reducing skin contact with animal products such as dander, serum, and urine by using gloves, laboratory coats, and approved particulate respirators with face shields.
48. True    False    There is no increased risk of infection from animals bites in patients more than 50 years of age or those with prior history of splenectomy or mastectomy.
49. True    False    Animal bites never cause pain, anxiety, wound disfigurement, or  wound infections.
50. True    False    After an animal bite, the supervisor must complete a Supervisor’s Report of Employee Injury form and submit it to the Workers Compensation Section of Risk Management within 7 calendar days.

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