Version Superseded: 31/12/2020
Point in time view as at 06/04/2010. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Biological Agents) Regulations 2010, Section 19.
19.—(1) The employer shall, for the purpose of undertaking a regulation 6 assessment, give particular attention to—
(a)uncertainties about the presence of biological agents in human patients or animals and the materials and specimens taken from them;
(b)the hazard represented by biological agents known or suspected to be present in human patients or animals and materials and specimens taken from them; and
(c)the risks posed by the nature of the work.
(2) The employer shall take appropriate measures in health and veterinary care facilities to protect the health and safety of the workers concerned including—
(a)specifying appropriate decontamination and disinfection procedures; and
(b)implementing procedures enabling contaminated waste to be handled and disposed of without risk.
(3) In isolation facilities where there are human patients or animals that are, or are suspected of being, infected with group 3 or group 4 biological agents, the employer shall select containment measures from those listed in column A of Annex V to the Directive, in order to minimise the risk of infection.
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