All OSU personnel who have contact with animals in animal research, care, and handling may be covered under this program. Animals which are used in food and fiber productions are currently exempted from this program. Department heads and principal investigators are responsible for implementing this policy with individuals under their supervision.
If you work with animals in your research, you should read the OSU Policy on Animal Handler Occupational Health and Safety Program and Allergies and Diseases Communicable from Animals to Humans closely. If you work with rabbits, rodents, owls, fish, zebrafish, and frogs, you should read the species-specific guide on care and use of these animals. A risk-based assessment of all persons involved in animal contact is done to determine your level of participation in this program. This assessment is initiated by a review of information provided on one or the other of the following forms.
If this is the first time you are enrolling, please fill out the following form:
If you have already submitted an Initial Questionnaire, you are only required to annually submit the following form:
Please send the completed Animal Contact Review Questionnaire or the completed Health Questionnaire to the Occupational Health RN, OSU, Occupational Medicine, 201 Plageman, Corvallis, OR, 97331, Tel: 541-737-7566, Fax: 541-737-9694 (email: Martha.Adams@oregonstate.edu).
If you have general questions regarding this program, please contact:
Dr. Jan Auyong, Assistant Director
Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station
138 Strand Agriculture Hall
phone: 541-737-4251
fax: 541-737-3178
email: jan.auyong@oregonstate.edu
If you have questions regarding whether the animal species you are working with is covered by this program, please contact:
Dr. Alex Ojerio, Director
Laboratory Animal Resources
101 Laboratory Animal Resources Center
Phone: 541-737-2263
fax: 541-737-5637
email: alexander.ojerio@orst.edu
Or visit the OSU Occupational Health Services web site.
