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Publisher Summary This chapter highlights ergonomics considerations and allergen management in setting up an animal research facility. Ergonomics adopted and applied during times of facility construction and renovation offers the opportunity for momentous changes in productivity and worker safety. Embracing of ergonomics in facility design requires an early commitment, and interdisciplinary appreciation and desire on the part of the project management team, senior leadership, and end-user. In doing so, the project management team should objectively weigh the needs of the financial and end-user stakeholders, and, where indicated, go beyond rote design to invest in ergonomic applications that demonstrate a benefit for both. This may require the end-users to develop some modicum of ergonomics expertise to be able to show that ergonomics applied to the care of research animals works and has a payoff. Value of the investment in any ergonomic innovation may pay more than for itself, in terms of dollars saved, through enhanced performance, improved attendance, high staff retention, lowered rates of injury and disability, and diminished workmen's compensation claims. As designers, and animal research facility users and management develop more knowledge and appreciation of ergonomics, more refined solutions and suitable applications will be stimulated or will become apparent. |
