Animal Workers Medical Surveillance Programs 常见问题

所有教师, 在现行IACUC协议中被列为内部人员并与活的或死的动物接触的员工和学生, animal tissues or animal excrement as a result of their normal duties. 这也适用于动物设施的工作人员，即使他们没有被列入有效的IACUC协议.

Animal workers (as defined above) must complete the AWMSP “Consent for Medical Evaluation" form and the "病史“形式. 您将病史表直接发送给大学签约的医疗专业人员，以审查危害和健康史. 在某些情况下，可能需要进行后续体检、接种疫苗或其他医学检查. 医疗专业人员将为大学提供一份“适合工作”的评估, which may include required safety measures (e.g. may only lift 20 pounds, must wear gloves while handling mice, etc.). 医疗专业人员的评估必须在开始与动物一起工作之前收到. 另外, 你必须完成适当的培训，包括你可能接触到的风险因素，作为他们与动物一起工作的一部分, which at a minimum includes information regarding zoonotic diseases, 与你的动物护理职责相关的物理危害和其他危害.

This will be based on the individual’s risk assessment. The medical professional will determine the frequency, based on the hazards. 个人是否应该对他们正在处理的危险和/或与他们一起工作的动物有实质性的改变, IACUC办公室可决定是否需要向医疗专业人员提交新的监测表格，并由其审查.

该大学目前使用职业医学协会作为AWMSP所需的审查和医学评估的主要资源. Having review by dedicated, 职业和环境医学委员会认证的医生允许他们精通我们的项目以及与大学动物工作和各种物种相关的危害, and allows for consistency in review. 我们不允许您的初级保健医生在这个时候进行初步评估. You must use the University forms, and follow the steps outlined above in “What does the AWMSP consist of?”

员工所在部门负责与医疗检查相关的费用, 评价, 测试, vaccination or other medical requirements under the AWMSP. 任何个人医疗诊断和/或治疗通过本医疗监测计划发现的与您的动物工作没有直接关系的疾病的额外费用由您负责.

是的. The information you disclosed in the 病史, 此外，您的体检结果和任何测试都是保密的，并由医疗服务提供者保管, 符合与此类信息相关的保密和隐私的监管要求. If you choose to submit the 病史 form via email, you are voluntarily submitting confidential information by a method that is 不完全安全. 然而, 提供给大学签约医疗专业人员的病史表仅用于审查和风险建议.

No. 大学通过AWMSP筛选和评估获得的唯一信息是关于员工是否适合履行职责的一般指示, 以及需要采取哪些安全措施才能让员工继续完成与他或她的职位相关的任务. Specific medical information (e.g. 重量, 血压, 医疗条件, and medical prescriptions) is kept confidential by the medical provider.

AWMSP是一项预防措施，用于筛查和监测员工在危险工作环境中的健康状况. 这不同于对报告的工伤或疾病提供的反应性评估和治疗.

保密病史表仍将提交给大学认可的医疗服务提供者进行评估.

If in-person follow up with a medical professional is indicated, 预约可以联系365滚球官网学生健康服务中心208-885-6693或您的私人医生, who is to coordinate with the University-contracted medical provider.

Students enrolled in courses with animal exposure, 志愿者, 以及其他未在“必须成为动物工作者医疗监测计划(AWMSP)一部分的人员”中描述的人员。?" who have significant animal contact for their university-related duties (e.g., 在动物设施工作的设施人员和长期项目改造动物设施的承包商必须参加该计划的培训部分, and may choose to voluntarily participate in the other elements. 必要时, 为这些人员提供适当的个人防护装备，以减轻与动物工作相关的风险.

Third parties (not University employees and not listed as internal personnel on a University IACUC Protocol) who have University-approved access to and contact with animals may provide adequate proof of participation in their home institution’s occupational health and requirements for animal work established through that program; such 评价 and conditions for work must be for species and/or work conditions substantially similar to those at the University. If documentation is unavailable, or no like program exists, 个人的待遇将与“如果我是一名志愿者或参加动物接触课程的学生怎么办??”

Please contact the Office of 研究 Assurances at 208-885-6162 or IACUC@salamzone.com to discuss your specific requirements.