Chemical Hygiene Plan - Queensborough Community College ...

vaccine. The Exposure Control Plan calls for engineering controls, work practices and
procedures for housekeeping, medical evaluations, hazard communication, and recordkeeping.
Employers are also required to provide employees training at the time of initial assignment to a
job with occupational exposure. The training should be provided during working hours and at no
cost to the employee. Employees must be retrained annually and additional training should be
offered any time that existing tasks are modified or new tasks are required which affect the
worker’s occupational exposure. Training records must be maintained for a minimum of three
years.
Although no vaccine exists for the HCV and HIV, a vaccine does exist for the Hepatitis B Virus
(HBV). Employers are required to offer the vaccine within 10 working days of initial
assignment to all employees at risk of exposure. The vaccination must be performed free of
charge and at a reasonable time and place, and it must be given by a licensed healthcare
professional. Employees who decline the vaccination must sign a declination form. If the
employee initially declines but later decides to accept the vaccination, it must be provided.
It is the responsibility of P.I.s and laboratory supervisors to ensure that personnel
working in laboratories under their supervision have been provided with the
proper training, have received information about the hazards in the laboratory
they may encounter, and have been informed about ways they can protect
themselves.
16.4 Select Biological Agents and Toxins
“Select agents and toxins” are biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a
severe threat to public health and safety, and animal or plant health. The possession and use of
these agents is highly regulated. See the National Select Agent Registry website for more
information. This registry is jointly maintained by the CDC and the Animal Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). If you
wish to work with these agents, you must first notify and register with your EHS Office.
Unregistered possession and use can result in significant fines and jail time.
16.5 Animal Use
It is a violation of federal regulations to carry out studies using vertebrate animals without an
approved animal use protocol or to maintain animals after expiration of a previously approved
protocol. Federal regulations mandate the establishment of an Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee (IACUC) to provide guidance, to oversee the animal care and use program, and to
ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and policies. The IACUC oversees the
animal use program as mandated by the United States Public Health Service Policy and Animal
Welfare Act.
Federal regulations and standards stipulate that personnel must be trained so they are qualified to
perform research on animals. Each college is given the responsibility for providing training to
perform research on animals, and as the self-regulating unit of the institution for animal research,
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