03. Visitor Access to PIADC Biocontainment Areas 07May18.pdf

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Plum Island Animal Disease Center

United States Department of Homeland Security

Science and Technology Directorate Office of National Laboratories

Visitor Access to PIADC Biocontainment Areas – Buildings 101 or 102 (Pre-Visit Awareness)

If you have any questions regarding your visit or the following information contact your sponsor as soon as possible

During your visit you are not authorized or permitted to:

• Perform work on or have direct access to viable agents (including any select agent material)

• Enter any in use (populated) animal isolation room or operational necropsy space o If your visit requires access to either viable agents or these areas you must receive additional training and approvals - contact your sponsor as soon as possible.

During your visit you are expected to comply with PIADC rules and regulations including:

• All written and verbal instructions given by your sponsor, escort, safety, security/law enforcement or emergency response personnel

• United States 9 CFR Part 121 - Biocontainment areas are subject to federal select agent program requirements o Do not touch or handle any item or material unless instructed to do so by your escort

• Visitors to biocontainment areas shall be escorted at all times o Your escort is an individual with additional training who has been identified by your sponsor to assist you during your biocontainment visit o You must be in direct line-of-sight and within hearing distance of your escort at all times

• Not eating, drinking, smoking or apply cosmetics in areas other than those approved for that specific activity

• Successful completion of required training prior to biocontainment area access.

o The training you will receive will require your compliance with the information contained in this document.

The following are prohibitors to accessing biocontainment areas:

• Hair styles that cannot be unbound or untied, including but not limited to: braids, cornrows, dreadlocks (dreads), pigtails, ponytails and matted hair - hairpieces, extensions or hair attachments of any kind are also prohibited

• Body piercing attachments and jewelry (watches, chains, rings, earrings etc.) that cannot be removed prior to biocontainment access

• Open wounds or skin infections (new tattoos, new body piercings, recent surgeries etc.)

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Visitors must be able to independently and safely perform all biocontainment entry, visit, exit and emergency procedures which, at a minimum, include the following:

• Entry - completely undressing, removing all body piercing attachments and jewelry and dressing in facility issued clothing and footwear

• Visit o Washing your hands as directed by signage or your escort (during your visit do not touch your eyes, mouth or nose) o Reporting all incidents immediately (e.g. cuts, bruises, slips, trips and falls, potential occupational exposures and near misses) o Using all appropriate personnel protective equipment for visit activities as directed by your escort

• Exiting o Decontaminating eyeglasses (when needed to be worn to see adequately for your safety) o Completely undressing and preparing hair in an unbraided state o Cleaning your hands and forearms with soap and water o Showering (a five minute process) - washing your entire body with soap, shampooing your hair, rinsing your body and hair o Drying off and dressing

• Emergencies o Escorts will explain basic emergency response procedures including “Green Star” rally points prior to entering a biocontainment area o Escorts will handle reporting of incidents, however in the unlikely scenario that your escort can not do so, you should remember extension 2222 is the emergency response number at PIADC o During an emergency you and your escort should proceed to the interior “Green Star” rally point

(Building 101 only) o Or, if instructed by your escort, safety, security/law enforcement or emergency response personnel, proceed to the nearest emergency exit and then to the nearest exterior “Green Star” rally point

Visitors to biocontainment areas are required to observe a five (5) day Personal Recognizant Quarantine (PRQ) beginning each time the individual leaves a biocontainment area.

• During the PRQ individuals must avoid contact with susceptible animals which include all ruminants wild or domestic (e.g. cattle, sheep, goats, deer) and swine or entry into areas where susceptible animals have normal or frequent access

• The PRQ includes the avoidance of personal residences housing susceptible animals, animal farms, sale barns, stockyards, animal laboratories, packing houses, zoos, various menageries, pet stores, and other animal exhibits such as fairs or circuses o The PRQ will be extended to include avian wildlife, pet birds, backyard poultry, fair birds, commercial poultry operations and/or rabbits when avian or rabbit pathogens or animals are under study – contact your sponsor for status of agents under study during your visit

• The PIADC Biological Safety & Select Agent Program Office will provide direction regarding the need for any additional restrictions

PIADC encourages visitors to self report to the PIADC Occupational Health Clinic, prior to your biocontainment visit, regarding any medical conditions or concerns that may affect your visit to biocontainment areas including but not limited to your status regarding pregnancy, immune system function or known predisposition to infection.

Any medically required personal corrective appliance or device must be evaluated by the PIADC Occupational Health Clinic and authorized by the PIADC Biological Safety & Select Agent Program Office prior to entering a biocontainment area.

In the event of an emergency, you may be detained at PIADC pending accomplishment of required biological safety procedures including the decontamination of personal clothing and items.