Hendra Virus Risk Management Policy and Procedure
Editable Word Hendra virus risk management policy and procedure for Queensland: property plan, hygiene, sick horse isolation, PPE, contamination response, notification and records for horse businesses.
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Written by Ryan Graham, health and safety professional (16 years on Queensland sites)
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About this template
Suits horse properties, studs, riding schools, trail and agistment businesses and vets’ staff who handle horses. It turns the Queensland Hendra guidance into steps workers can follow, from preparing the property to what to do when a horse is sick.
What Is Included In Our Hendra Virus Risk Management Policy and Procedure?
- Policy and procedure with an approval sign-off
- Hendra virus as a notifiable occupational zoonosis (WHS Regulation s 699)
- A property Hendra plan, facilities and a ready PPE kit
- Reducing contact between horses and flying foxes
- Hygiene for every horse, vaccinated or not
- Sick horse steps: call the vet, isolate, last to be handled, PPE on and off
- Contamination first response and medical advice
- Carcase, equipment cleaning and return to normal work
- Notification and a pointer to biosecurity reporting
- Records, training and review
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 28 (duties of workers), s 46 (consult, cooperate and coordinate), ss 35 to 39 (notifiable incidents)
- Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld): s 36 (hierarchy of control measures), s 39 (information, training and instruction), ss 44 to 46 (personal protective equipment), s 699 (prescribed serious illnesses)
- WorkSafe Queensland information sheet PN10149, Hendra virus – information for horse businesses: guidance, not law, paraphrased here
- Business Queensland web page, Reducing the risk of Hendra virus infection: guidance, not law. Biosecurity law is outside this document
- Industry Code of Practice for Horse Riding Schools, Trail Riding Establishments and Horse Hiring Establishments 2002 (Qld): section 14, biological hazards and zoonoses. Item 6 of schedule 1 of the Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld) lists it as a preserved code of practice (WHS Act s 284). It is older than the information sheet, and is used here as guidance only
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
- An editable Microsoft Word document (7 pages), A4 portrait
- Business details and document control typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
- Purpose, scope and a policy statement with an approval sign-off
- Definitions, and responsibilities for each role
- A step-by-step procedure that says who does what
- Records, training, monitoring and review, related documents and a revision history
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Is it compliant with Queensland law?
It's written around Queensland's Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and Regulation 2011. Tailor it to your site, consult your workers and review it whenever conditions change; no template can guarantee compliance on its own.
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