Q Fever Management Policy and Procedure
Editable Word Q fever management policy and procedure for Queensland: exposure risk assessment, dust and hygiene controls, P2 respirators, medical advice, privacy, notification and records for livestock work.
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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 farms, feedlots, shearing teams, saleyards, abattoirs and contractors who work with livestock, birthing products, hides, wool or dusty ground. Vaccination and screening are covered as good practice, because no WHS provision requires them.
What Is Included In Our Q Fever Management Policy and Procedure?
- Policy and procedure with an approval sign-off
- Q fever as a notifiable occupational zoonosis (WHS Regulation s 699)
- Finding exposure: livestock, birthing products, wool, carcases and dust
- Controls in order: dust, contact, hygiene, clothing, then PPE
- Fitted P2 respirators as good practice
- Medical advice, screening and vaccination as good practice only
- Keeping health information private
- Visitors, contractors and workers with medical concerns
- What to do when someone is unwell, and notification
- Records, training and review
Legislation and Codes of Practice Referenced
- Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld): s 19 (primary duty of care), s 46 (consult, cooperate and coordinate), ss 47 to 49 (consultation), 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 368 (health monitoring for hazardous chemicals), s 699 (prescribed serious illnesses)
- Construction and Operation of Solar Farms Code of Practice 2024 (Qld): section 6.9, Q fever risk at solar farms. Solar farms are not farms, so this is the nearest Queensland code text and is used as guidance
- 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 used here as guidance only
- Managing the risks of biological hazards at work, Safe Work Australia model code of practice: a model code, not listed in the Work Health and Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2022 (Qld) and not approved in Queensland, guidance only (appendix F, vaccination)
- This document is general information for Queensland workplaces and is not legal advice
What You Get
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- 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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