Elements and Performance Criteria
- Maintain a biosecure area to prevent disease transmission through the use of physical barriers and hygiene practices
- Maintain a controlled access perimeter to funnel authorised traffic through control points
- Establish and implement procedures for all staff and equipment to cross the controlled access perimeter into the controlled access zone
- Restrict entry of workers and equipment into the controlled access zone by transferring inputs, waste and products through access points on the controlled access perimeter
- Maintain restricted access perimeters and restricted zones
- Prioritise access to restricted zones on the risks and potential impacts of infection being carried into the zone
- Implement biosecurity procedures to manage visitors
- Define the risk level of visitors by gathering information before the visit and during sign in
- Establish procedures for higher risk visitors
- Maintain clear signage to direct traffic and discourage unauthorised visitors
- Communicate the requirements for entry to visitors before they arrive on site
- Keep visitor parking separate to prevent staff vehicle or traffic way contamination
- Develop a questionnaire to be completed and signed by visitors to establish their risk levels
- Develop and post criteria for banning visitors including those who fail to make pre-arrangements
- Maintain visitor log books to allow traceability of any subsequent disease issues
- Apply sanitation practices and personnel movements to reduce the risk of disease
- Monitor and adjust drainage to ensure water doesn't collect and stand
- Implement and monitor hygiene and clothing procedures for entry to the site
- Establish and maintain well-defined transition zones for entering restricted zones
- Select disinfectants that are appropriate for surfaces and water quality
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures for cleaning and sanitising facilities, tools and equipment
- Ensure staff movements and animal exposures are from most susceptible animals to least susceptible
- Ensure boot dips are used correctly and recharged frequently
- Implement an integrated strategy for pests to reduce the risk of disease
- Maintain facilities to eliminate potential points of entry for pests
- Screen all inputs such as feed, fertiliser and animals to reduce the likelihood of pests being introduced
- Monitor pest numbers through the use of counts or other indicators
- Use good sanitation and hygiene to break pest cycles and eliminate pest habitat
- Control or exclude pests from output storage areas
- Reduce pest numbers by use of an integrated approach using a combination of biological, chemical, behavioural and mechanical controls
- Rotate pesticides periodically to overcome resistance in pest populations
- Document and evaluate pest control measures in response to effectiveness over time
- Manage outputs to reduce the risk of disease
- Remove and store outputs such as garbage for later removal or disposal
- Locate storage areas for outputs in low-traffic areas and managed to prevent cross-contamination and comply with environmental legislation
- Implement a mortality management strategy using alternatives such as burial, composting, rendering or incineration
- Review the implementation of biosecurity measures
- Use record keeping of biosecurity procedures to reduce risk of disease
- Monitor effectiveness and progress of control activities and compare with planned objectives
- Ensure standards and protocols for the monitoring of sheds and facilities are adhered to as part of work duties
- Address issues and concerns with biosecurity and amend procedures where required
- Revise control activities as required to address relevant protocols, maintain cost-effectiveness including appropriate resource allocation and contain wider impacts
- Review staff training and induction records to ensure they are able to implement all biosecurity requirements appropriate to their position