reg 11 Hygiene and individual protection
(1) The employer shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, in relation to any activity involving a risk to the health and safety of workers owing to work with biological agents— (a) workers do not eat or drink in working areas where there is a risk of contamination by biological agents; (b) workers are provided with appropriate and adequate protective clothing or other appropriate special clothing; (c) workers are provided with appropriate and adequate washing and toilet facilities which include eye washes and skin antiseptics; (d) protective equipment is properly stored in a well-defined place and is checked and cleaned if possible before, and in any case after, each use; (e) defective equipment is properly repaired or replaced before further use; and (f) procedures are specified for taking, handling and processing samples of human or animal origin. (2) The employer shall ensure that working clothes, protective equipment and protective or special clothing which may be contaminated by biological agents are— (a) removed on leaving any working area within the ship where activities involving biological agents take place; (b) decontaminated and cleaned or, if necessary, destroyed; and (c) kept separate from other clothing pending the taking of the steps described in paragraph (b).