Head covers are provided to personnel who do not wash their hair during the exit shower. Except in an emergency, personnel do not enter or leave the facility through the airlocks. Personal clothing is removed in the outer clothing change room and kept there. Complete laboratory clothing, including undergarments, pants and shirts or jumpsuits, shoes, and gloves, are provided and used by all personnel entering the facility. When exiting, personnel remove laboratory clothing in the inner change room before entering the shower area.
Soiled clothing is autoclaved before laundering.
Supplies and materials are brought into the facility by way of a double-door autoclave, fumigation chamber, or airlock. After securing the outer doors, personnel inside the facility retrieve the materials by opening the interior door of the autoclave, fumigation chamber, or airlock. This inner door is secured after materials are brought into the facility. The autoclave fumigation chamber or airlock is decontaminated before the outer door is opened. A system is established for the reporting of animal facility accidents and exposures, employee absenteeism, and for the medical surveillance of potential laboratory-associated illnesses.