solution 2025/2026
Week 1 - correct answer ✔
Reading Assignment #1: OSHA
OSHA in Veterinary Hospitals (pages 105-122)
Top Ten OSHA Violations - AVMA (article)
OSHA and Hospital Safety Presentation (video) - correct answer ✔Written Assignment #1: OSHA
1. Explain proper methods for lifting objects and animals
- Keep your back straight and lift with your legs
- Never bend over at the waist to lift an object
- Get help with lifting patients weighing more than about 40 pounds
(108)
2. List methods to minimize the hazards associated with animal handling
- Stay alert
- If you are the person restraining the animal, keep your attention focused on the animal's reactions, not
on the procedure
(114-115)
,3. Should covered food and drink be stored in the same refrigerator as laboratory samples, drugs, and
vaccines?
- No
(109)
4. List 2 chemicals used in veterinary clinics that are carcinogenic
- Ethylene Oxide
- Formalin
(114)
5. List some common zoonotic diseases encountered in the veterinary practice
- Viral infections
- Bacterial infections
- Fungal infections
- Internal parasites
(115-116)
6. List some of the hazards that you may be exposed to in the veterinary practice
,- Noise
- Bathing, dipping and spraying areas
- Zoonotic diseases
- Nonzoonotic diseases
- Etc
(114-117)
7. List ways that you can be exposed to microbes in the veterinary practice
- Inhalation
- Contact with broken skin
- Ingestion
- Contact with eyes and mucous membranes
- Accidental inoculation by a needle
(115)
8. List 4 major types of infections
- Viral infections
- Bacterial infections
- Fungal infections
- Internal parasites
, (115-116)
9. List 1 zoonotic viral disease that is generally fatal to affected mammals and is spread by contact with
virus laden saliva. What animal species are susceptible to this virus?
- Rabies
- Although the disease is ever present in wild animal populations (primarily bats, raccoons and skunks in
the United States and Canada), in recent years many states have confirmed record high numbers of
rabies cases in domestic s
Reading Assignment #2: Animal Bites
What You Should Know About Animal Bites (article)
The Peril of Pet Bites in Veterinary Practice (video) - correct answer ✔Written Assignment #2: Animal
Bites
1. List some dangers from animal bites
(What You Should Know About Animal Bites article page 1)
2. List things that can increase the risk of bites
3. Describe the differences between dog bites and cat bites
(What You Should Know About Animal Bites article pages 1-2)
4. Which type of bite wound becomes infected more frequently and why? (dog or cat)