We have had detailed procedures in place since October, based on information we received from The Central Science Lab in York here in the UK.
All our vehicles have kits which were made up in house.
If we have to remove birdstrike remains from the runway or an Aircraft we wear disposable gloves place the reamains in a Bio Hazard bag along with soiled gloves, if a litter picker is available we use that to avoid contact with gloves, once the bag is sealed the hands are sanitsed with an approved water free hand cleanser, the bag is then deposited in a dedicated bin when back at base for collection & incineration by a licensed contractor.
A futher washing of hands is carried out with an approved liquid soap.
In the event of a large number of birds being struck, approved coveralls & foot wear are to be worn also the area & boots may have to be disifected.
Your Company has draw up their own proceedures based on their assement of the risk of you coming into cantact with Birdstrike remains.
For those of you who here in the UK who send remains for Identification to Birdstrike Avoidance team at CSL York,they advised us on the 6/04/06 that they are not able to receive remains until futher notice, but can, & are able to Identify reamains from good quality digital photos.
Please find the attched link:which was issued to the public from Defra,on how to deal with birds in the domestic enviroment.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2006/060406c.htm
Cheers Ranger 1
