. 2020 Nov 21;12:100197. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100197

Table 1.

Biosecurity practices reported by 158 Australian wildlife rehabilitators when handling animals and cleaning animal enclosures. Results obtained from a survey conducted at the Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference in Sydney in July 2018.

	Number (%) of participants when handling animals	Number (%) of participants when cleaning enclosures
Biosecurity practice
No PPE	5 (3.2)	5 (3.2)
Prompt hand washing	153 (96.8)	153 (96.8)
Overalls/protective outerwear	20 (12.7)	29 (18.4)
Disposable gloves	36 (22.8)	61 (38.6)
Safety glasses	5 (3.2)	10 (6.3)
Face mask	4 (2.5)	8 (5.1)

Level of biosecurity practice^a
Inadequate	138 (87.3)	136 (86.1)
Adequate	12 (7.6)	19(12.0)
Enhanced	8 (5.1)	3 (1.9)

Level of biosecurity practice was based on reported personal protection equipment (PPE) use and recommendations from the Australian Veterinary Association Guidelines for Veterinary Personal Biosecurity [9] and National Wildlife Biosecurity Guidelines (Wildlife Health [69]).