BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS
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- (h) ensure that all staff of the facility are properly protected against any risk of exposure to any biological agent or toxin, including—
- (i) ensuring that all staff of the facility are appropriately attired;
- (ii) ensuring that all staff of the facility adhere to safe working practices and techniques;
- (iii) making available to all staff of the facility the appropriate vaccination or prophylaxis; and
- (iv) ensuring that all staff of the facility are not exposed to hazards arising out of the use, handling, transport or storage of any biological agent or toxin; and
- (i) establish a health and medical surveillance system for the staff of the facility so that any member of the staff who has been infected by or who has been exposed to any biological agent or toxin in the course of carrying out any activity involving biological agents or toxins may be expeditiously identified and treated.
Visitors
42.—(1) Where a person who is not a member of the staff of a facility is required to carry out any work at the facility, the operator of the facility shall ensure that that person is made aware of the biological hazards associated with the storage of and activities involving biological agents and toxins carried out at the facility.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a person who is not a member of the staff of a facility is required to enter any part of the facility where there is a risk of exposure to biological agents or toxins, the operator of the facility shall ensure that that person—
- (a) is accompanied by a member of the staff of the facility—
- (i) when he enters the facility;
- (ii) when he leaves the facility; and
- (iii) for such time that he is in the facility as the operator of the facility thinks necessary; and
- (b) is properly protected against any risk of exposure to such biological agent or toxin at the facility.
