Avian Flu Biosecurity Practices
Follow Biosecurity Practices
In light of the recent concern over an avian flu outbreak,
poultry workers should know and follow biosecurity practices
to prevent the introduction of avian influenza and other
diseases into a poultry flock. An understanding of how
infection can be spread is important for both effective
biosecurity and worker safety and health practices.
Employers should:
Depending on temperature and moisture conditions, avian
influenza viruses can survive in the environment for weeks.
However, they are generally sensitive to most detergents
and disinfectants and are inactivated by heating and drying.
Contact with organic material such as dust, dirt, litter
and manure can decrease the effectiveness of some disinfectants,
and thus the possibility persists that viruses will survive.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered products
that have a claim of being effective against influenza
viruses should provide some measure of activity against
avian influenza A viruses.
For more information, see the technical pages PPE
to Protect Yourself from Avian Flu and Avian
Flu Signs of Infection.
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It's important to disinfect boots that are worn on and
off the operation.

Contaminated clothing should be washed separate from other
clothing.

It's important to wash your hands frequently to prevent
the spread of Avian Flu.
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