Use of personal protective equipment

Your biosecurity plan needs to include standard operating procedures that you have in place for personal protective equipment (PPE) for site-dedicated and nonfarm personnel.  Keeping a roster of employees will help decipher who is considered site-dedicated and who falls into the nonfarm personnel category. Include the types of PPE used on your farm(s) and by whom. Personal protective equipment may include:

• coveralls

• lab coats

• boots

• safety goggles

• respirators

• disposable gloves

Designated areas should be used for putting on (donning) and taking off (duffing) PPE to prevent personnel from transferring pathogens to and from the farm site. Learn about 2-zone Danish entry or 3-zone Danish entry in these short videos. 

Record keeping

To manage and organize protocol completion for personnel, keep a record of each individual through procedure audits, acknowledgement forms, training records, daily log-in for employees and visitors, or signed policy documents.