This article focuses on animal confinement workers to give occupational health nurses a better understanding of what these workers do and identify the potential risks to their health. It begins by describing the environment of an animal confinement facility. They identify the primary areas that may be hazardous. These are the close contact between animals and human workers and the wastes generated by the large number of animals in confinement. It describes poultry confinement facilities, how they are run and describes the hazards within these buildings. Health hazards in poultry operations include aerosols and allergenic and immunologic agents, such as dust, animal dander, fecal material, litter or bedding, animals feeds as well as pollen and mold spores that will grow in this environment. Another hazard in poultry operations are gases produced by degradation of droppings, animal respiration and building operations.
\nThey also look at swine confinement facilities much in the same way. First they describe what swine confinement facilities look like and how they are run and then go on to describe the hazards. The hazards are much the same and include gases and aerosols. Added to the hazards list is noise. Finally the role of the occupational health nurse is described and it gives suggestions and recommendations on what animal confinement workers should do to protect themselves while working. Occupational health nurses have a unique position in the rural community to enhance confinement farm workersa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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