| Document ID (ISN) | 61745 |
| CIS number |
94-373 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Blanchin N., Abadia G., Leprince A. |
| Title |
Risk of infection associated with the management and handling of experimental animals in animal facilities |
| Original title |
Risques infectieux liés à la maintenance et à la manipulation des animaux de laboratoire pour le personnel travaillant dans les animaleries [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
1st Quarter 1993, No.53, p.3-23. 61 ref. |
| Abstract |
Contents of this information sheet on the risk of infection associated with the handling of laboratory animals: 1. main infectious agents of animal origin which are pathogenetic in men (table on the use of vertebrate animals in 1990); 2. real risks in relation to the animals handled and their sources (table of bacterial, viral, parasitic, ectoparasitic and fungal diseases, with information on: name of the aetiological agent, degree of pathogenicity in man, animal vectors, mode of contamination diagnosis and treatment); 3. guidelines for the prevention of infectious risks in laboratory animal facilities (vaccinations, safety precautions in case of a bite or any other contaminating incident, training and information of employees). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
laboratory work; France; experimental animals; handling of animals; biological hazards; contamination; infectious diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
primates; viruses; zoonoses; health engineering; data sheet; health hazards; safe working methods; schedule of occupational diseases; vaccination; infection control |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Livestock rearing
Zoonoses
Animal hazards
Biological hazards
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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