New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 101

Page 2435

✨ Animal Containment Regulations



31 JULY NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2435

SCHEDULE 7: CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR ANIMAL CONTAINMENT 2

SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION FEATURES FOR ANIMAL CONTAINMENT 2, AC2

Construction

Location. As for AC1. (SCHEDULE 6)

Materials (internal). As for AC1. (SCHEDULE 6)

Joints. Sealed to allow gas decontamination.

Door(s). As for AC1(SCHEDULE 6); fire escape lock required.

Other openings. As for AC1. (SCHEDULE 6)

Drains. As for AC1(SCHEDULE 6); must empty to holding tank containing disinfectant.

Anteroom. Required, with protective clothing and insect control measures.

Airlock. Required; two doors in series, automatically closing and exit controlled via negative pressure system.

Negative pressure. Minimum 50 Pa below external pressure, with automatic gauges and alarm.

Air supply and exhaust Independent; filtered with appropriate particle arrestance efficiency roughing filters.

Mechanical equipment. Must be external.

Washing facilities. Located in anteroom, close to exit and with elbow or foot operated taps.

Autoclave. Required.

Biohazard cabinets. Required for all animal operations.

Signpost. As for AC1. (SCHEDULE 6)

Note: Installed air filter systems must be tested for particle arrestance efficiency before approval of containment and once a year thereafter.

Additional operating procedures for Animal Containment 2, AC2

i Standard procedures for operating at CII laboratory level must be followed. No other work is to be done simultaneously with work requiring CII containment.

The CII animal facility must be inspected at least annually by the Institutional Supervisory Committee to ensure that its containment requirements are intact.

Only people authorised by the Biological Safety Officer are to enter the animal facility and only after they have been advised of the potential hazard, and meet any specific requirements (e.g. immunisation). A record should be


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