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The Equine Dentistry Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Unskillfully hand practice
- 2. Equipment setup
- Improper assembly
- High noise levels
- 3. Sedation of horse
- Emergency situations during sedation
- physical injuries due to patient movement
- 4. Dental check-up
- Inhalation of bioaerosols
- Contact with harmful substance
- 5. Tooth extraction
- Musculoskeletal disorders from prolonged static posture
- Trauma
- Contamination risk due to dirty instruments
- 6. Grinding teeth
- Risk of foreign body flying into eyes
- Inhalation of dust
- Noise exposure
- 7. Medication administration
- Possible allergic reactions
- Incorrect dosage administration
- 8. Post-operative care
- Injury due to horse kicking or biting
- Failure in monitoring recovery process
- 9. Clean and Disassemble Equipment
- Mishandling of sharp instruments causing injury
- contact with contaminants remaining on used equipment
- 10.Clean up and dispose waste
- Contact with biologically contaminated waste
- Improper handling of sharp waste causing punctures
- 11.Record Keeping
- Loss of confidential information
- Miscommunication due to incorrect record keeping
- 12.Review dental procedure
- Fatigue leading to errors
- Musculoskeletal discomfort from extended periods in one position
- 13.Equipment maintenance
- Electrical shock
- Injury from disassembling assembled tools
- 14.On-going patient monitoring
- Non-compliance with after-care instructions
- Recurrence of dental issues
- 15.Follow-up appointment
- Risk of misdiagnosis from hurried examination
- Transmission of diseases between horses in the waiting area