Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

This standard operating procedure (SOP) defines the requirements for personal protective equipment (PPE) and protective clothing for MED & CRC.

Functions

  • Protect personnel who enter animal facilities and/or perform animal procedures from exposure to animal dander, hair, secretions, and excretions that may cause allergic respiratory and skin responses, or that may cause illness.
  • Prevent exposure (to animal dander, hair, secretions, and excretions) of persons by contact with persons who have been in animal facilities or have conducted animal procedures.
  • Minimize the risk of possible ocular, oral, or dermal exposure to chemical disinfectants.
  • Minimize the transmission of disease agents among animals.
  • To protect personnel working with macaques or macaque tissues from the risk of Herpes B virus infection and other naturally occurring infectious diseases of macaques.

This procedure applies to anyone entering an animal or procedure room occupied by one or more animals.

Equipment

 

Scrub suit

 

Cloth lab coat

 

Disposable lab coat

 

Face mask

 

Face mask and eye splash shield combination

 

Bouffant cap/head cover

 

Disposable exam gloves

 

Shoe covers

 

Face shield

 

Safety glasses

 

Tyvek® (or equivalent) jumpsuit

 

Sleeve covers

 

Rubber boots

 

N-95 respirator

All Animal Areas Procedures

The following must be worn when entering…

 

Animal corridors on MED: W8, R8, and M9

 

Animal corridors on MED: W7:

 

Animal corridor MED W6 Aquatics

 

CRC: conventional animal facility

Rodent Animal Areas Procedures

The following must be worn to enter…

 

MED: W9 Rodent Barrier, CRC Rodent Barrier

 

MED: W9 Barrier Area, CRC: Barrier rodent animal rooms:

 

MED: W9 Barrier Area, CRC: Barrier rodent procedure rooms

 

Conventional rodent areas-MED : W8, R8, M9 and CRC conventional housing rooms

 

Any rodent procedure rooms

 

MED 670 Albany Street Rodent Barrier Facility:

 

MED 670 Albany Street Rodent Barrier Facility animal housing rooms in addition to items 5a-e

Macaque Animal Areas Procedures

The following must be worn by ASC staff or research staff…

 

To enter a housing room or hold a macaque

 

During a cage change in a macaque holding room:

Cat, Chinchilla, Rabbit, and Pig Animal Areas Procedures

The following must be worn to enter…

 

A room housing or holding a cat/chinchilla/rabbit/pig or a procedure room to handle or observe the animals

 

A room housing a cat/chinchilla/rabbit/pig to perform physical work (such as washing pens)

Cage Wash Area Procedures

The following must be worn to enter the:

 

Clean side of the cage wash

 

Dirty side of the cage wash

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