OBJECTIVE EXAMPLE 1

Reduce the risk that infectious diseases and human pathogens may be transmitted into, or within, the sheep production unit premises by people and/or animals, and reduce the spread of disease or pathogens if they are present on the farm.


PROCEDURE EXAMPLE 1

1. All traffic, including human and vehicle traffic, will be controlled through the main office of the production unit. All people will check in at the office before proceeding through the production unit. All vehicle traffic will be scheduled at proper times.

2. All guests will submit to sanitation requirements (e.g., foot baths, sterile coveralls, etc.) before being allowed access to production areas. Furthermore, no guests will be permitted contact with feedstuffs or pharmaceutical supplies, and contact with feed-animal interfaces (e.g., feed trucks and bunks) will be limited to areas marked as appropriately as suitable for guest observation. Only employees of the facility are to have direct human to animal contact within production facilities.

3. All transportation of livestock will be monitored to limit exposure to outside livestock in route to the production unit.

4. All newly arrived livestock will be isolated and tested/evaluated by a licensed veterinarian to assure the health of the animals before they are moved to their appropriate location in the production unit.

5. All equipment and trucks will be sanitized before use. In addition, equipment will only be used in the location of the production unit for which it was purchased (i.e., separate loaders will be used for feedstuffs and for removal of dead livestock).

6. Sick animals will be removed from pens as quickly as possible to limit the spread of disease to other livestock.

7. All dead animals will be necropsied to determine the cause of death. If the cause of death is disease related, proper measures will be taken with other livestock to ensure proper health.

8. Fresh water will be available to animals at all times. Watering equipment will be cleaned and sanitized, using "sanitation" procedures, once per week.

9. Birds, rodents and other potential pests will be controlled via the "pest control" procedures.

OBJECTIVE EXAMPLE 2
To ensure the proper handling, storage, and administration of all pharmaceutical products, and to ensure proper record-keeping of such products.

PROCEDURE EXAMPLE 2
1. Health products will be delivered to the office (headquarters) of the sheep production unit.

2. Health products will be inspected upon delivery to verify the product received, amount of product received, and the expiration date of the product received.

3. The pharmaceutical product inventory database/log will be updated based on the information recorded in number 2 plus lot and serial number.

4. The product received will be stored according to the storage temperature on the label of the product.

5. Storage locations will contain a thermometer to monitor the temperature of the storage area for all health products.

6. Products, before use, will be checked to assure that the product has not expired.

7. Product, upon use, will be recorded and the inventory database/log will be updated based on the lot and serial numbers, as well as the amount of product used, date used and the person who administered the product.

8. Product disposed of because of exceeding the expiration date, loss of temperature control or other problems will be recorded as to the date, means, and reason for disposal. The product inventory records will be updated accordingly.