title: [Construction of occupational zoonoses control system at a zoo].
abstract: More than 200 diseases are known to be transmitable from animals to humans. These zoonotic infections (zoonoses) are considered as a major occupational health risk among zoo workers, including veterinarians and animal handlers. In order to prevent possible pathogen transmission, precaution measures for workers, visitors and animals are important, as well as institutional hygiene. Construction of a zoonoses control system at a zoo is presented in this report. There are two main components of this system: 1. routine disease prevention activity, 2. action planning for crisis. Workers, an operating officer, an occupational physician and a veterinarian from the zoo cooperated with infection control professionals from the local community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yukari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sotohira
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwano
authors.forename: Hatsumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012308:Risk Management; D014730:Veterinary Medicine; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission