EI survey

An online EI survey, hosted by the www.outbreak.gov.au website, just completed has produced some interesting results. About 400 took part – only 3 from Tasmania, most from NSW and Qld (no surprise there). Over 90% that participated were women. While the responses were encouraging about the level of awareness of the biosecurity steps horse owners needed to take, the surprising result was that only 250 out of 400 said they always or mostly washed their hands after handling horses – that is, 150 or almost 40% said they didn’t !! On the other biosecurity steps, the score was 90% or more, so handwashing is the weak link.