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Novel Training Concepts and Techniques Used to Increase Safety Awareness in the Laboratory Animal Facility

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Training makes an important contribution to maintaining a safe working environment, but trainees may have problems achieving maximum information retention if they are not motivated and interested. The authors describe an innovative safety training program that has been well received by employees and associated with a 62% drop in workplace injuries over a two-year period.

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Figure 2: (A) Example of a clue given to participants in the Safety Scavenger Hunt.
Figure 3: Most effective types of safety training presentations according to employee opinion survey.
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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Laboratory Animal Resources animal care staff and supervisors in the Safety Assessment facility at Merck Research Laboratories (West Point, PA) for their participation and feedback on the safety training activities. We also thank Joe Pallozzi for his ideas and suggestions for technique development of various training activities.

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  1. and Klein are in the Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, Pallozzi, Wilkoski, Semler, Conboy, Jendrowski, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486.,

    Wendi A. Pallozzi MS, LAT, Lisa M. Wilkoski BS, LATG, Gina P. Semler BS, LAT, Tracy A. Conboy MS, LATG, Susie M. Jendrowski BS, LATG & Hilton J. Klein VMD, MS, Dipl. ACLAM

  2. Harshyne is in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.,

    Larry A. Harshyne BS

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Pallozzi, W., Harshyne, L., Wilkoski, L. et al. Novel Training Concepts and Techniques Used to Increase Safety Awareness in the Laboratory Animal Facility. Lab Anim 32, 38–42 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0603-38

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