Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993)RegulationsHazardous Biological Agents Regulations15. Special measures for health and veterinary isolation facilities |
| 1) | Subject to the provisions of regulation 6, every employer and self-employed person shall, in the case of health and veterinary isolation facilities, take into account – |
| a) | uncertainties about the presence of HBA in a patient or animal and the materials and specimens taken from them; |
| b) | the hazard represented by HBA known or suspected to be present in a patient, animal, materials and specimens taken from them; and |
| c) | the risks posed by the nature of the work. |
| 2) | An employer or self-employed person as contemplated in subregulation (1) shall ensure that the correct containment measures as indicated in Annexures C and E to these Regulation are selected for persons and animals in isolation facilities that are suspected of being infected with Group 3 or Group 4 HBA in order to minimise the risk of infecting others. |