| Document ID (ISN) | 78314 |
| CIS number |
02-29 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Government Gazette - Staatskoerant |
| Year |
2001 |
| Convention or series no. |
Regulation R.1390
|
| Title |
Regulations for Hazardous Biological Agents [South Africa] |
| Bibliographic information |
27 Dec. 2001, Vol.438, No.22956, p.3-67. Illus. |
| Internet access |
http://www.gov.za/gazette/regulation/2001/22956.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
Regulations issued under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (see CIS 94-1451). Contents: definitions; scope; classification of biological agents; information and training; duties of persons who might be exposed to hazardous biological agents (HBAs); risk assessment by employers or self-employed persons; monitoring exposure; medical surveillance; records; control of exposure to HBAs; personal protective equipment and facilities; maintenance of control measures, equipment and facilities; prohibitions; labelling, packaging, transporting and storage; special measures for health and veterinary isolation facilities; special measures for laboratories, animal rooms and industrial processes; disposal of HBAs. In annex: indicative list of incidents; hazardous biological agent guidelines (incl. list of bacteria, viruses and parasites with their hazard classification); precautions for workplaces (incl. table of precaution codes connected with specific infections or conditions; table presenting clinical syndromes or conditions warranting additional precautions aimed at the prevention of infection pending conformation of diagnosis); containment rules. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
South Africa; biological hazards; infection control; infectious diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
responsibilities of employers; list; law; classification; medical supervision |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | South Africa |
| Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Biological hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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