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The Handling Potentially Rabid Mammals Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- Lack of equipment
- 2. Personal Protection Equipment Fitment
- Improper fit
- Allergic reactions
- 3. Animal Identification
- Misidentification
- Incorrect handling techniques
- 4. Capture and Restraining
- Animal bites
- Animal escape
- 5. Health Check
- Animal stress
- Zoonotic diseases exposure
- 6. Welfare Assessment
- Prolonged restraint
- Misinterpretation of behaviour
- 7. Sedation
- Overdose
- Lack of response
- 8. Vaccination
- Needle-stick injury
- Incorrect dosage
- 9. Observation
- Unanticipated animal behaviours
- Non-recognition of distress symbols
- 10. Recovery Management
- Poor recovery environment
- Delayed reaction to medication
- 11. Feed and Housing
- Incorrect diet
- Unsafe housing material
- 12. Release
- Inappropriate release site
- Non-coordinated release
- 13. Post-release Monitoring
- Lack of monitoring resources
- Inadequate observation data
- 14. Incident Reporting
- Missed incident reporting
- Incomplete information
- 15. Emergency Response Plan
- Inadequate plan
- Failing to follow plan
- 16. Debrief and Review
- Insufficient feedback
- Neglecting review process
- 17. Documentation and Record Keeping
- Misplacement of documents
- Inaccurate record keeping
- 18. Training and Competence Assessment
- Insufficient training
- Lax assessment
- 19. Housekeeping
- Unsafe clutter
- Poor sanitation efforts
- 20. Closure
- Incomplete closure protocols
- Incorrect procedures