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What's NewMarch 6, 2008 - Procedures for modifying Animal Use Protocols - Beginning March 10, 2008 modifications to protocols (other than adding staff) will be done differently. Rather than describing the modification on the modification form, you will be required to modify the most recent version of the protocol and submit the entire protocol for review of the changes. The procedure will be as follows:
Click here to review the new instructions November 30, 2007- Modification to Add Staff Form - A new version of the Modification to Add Staff Form has been posted to the forms section of this web page. Please discard previous versions as they will not be accepted. All training must be completed before personnel can be added to approved/active protocols and prior to working with animals in the laboratory and within the Vivarium. If you have any questions, please contact the UCAR Office at X5-1693. October 19, 2007 - MicroIsolator Technology Training IS ON LINE! UCAR/DLAM have developed an on-line training course for MicroIsolator Technology (MIT) in the Blackboard Learning System. MIT training and certification are required for all personnel entering animal rooms that use microIsolator technology husbandry strategy. Navigate to “Create New Blackboard User Account” and create an account. Within 24 hours you will be given access to Blackboard (http://bb.urmc.rochester.edu/). Notify the Research and Training Coordinator (UCAR@urmc.rochester.edu) or the Instructor (within Blackboard) when you have access to Blackboard and you will be added to the MIT Course. UCAR will contact you when you have successfully completed this training. If you have any questions, please contact the UCAR Office at X5-1693. August 16, 2007 - New AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia - Published in June 2007, the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia replaces the 2000 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia. Changes are underlined in the document and do not affect laboratory animals. Click here to review the new guidelines July 10, 2007 - Updated Policy - Guidelines for Aseptic Recovery Surgery on RodentS - UCAR has revised the Guidelines for Aseptic Recovery Surgery on Rodents to include monitoring of post procedural and/or anesthetized animals. Click here to review the entire policy April 20, 2007 - Section C of the UCAR Form in no longer required - Written approval from Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), Radiation Safety (RS), or the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) regarding the safety aspects of the protocol must be received by UCAR before an Animal Use Protocol can be approved. Each group, EH&S, RS, or IBC, will notify UCAR and the PI of its requirements for hazard use in animals. Examples of hazardous agents include MPTP, DMBA, BrDU, investigational drugs, antineoplastic agents, toxins of biological origin, human pathogens (viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, etc.), recombinant DNA molecules, viral vectors, DNA used to generate transgenic animals, human or non-human primate tissue, human or non-human primate blood, human or non-human primate cells / cell lines, and radioactive materials. Antibiotics and injectable anesthetics do NOT need to be listed as hazardous agents. Call Environmental Health and Safety at extension 5-3241 or visit the appropriate web pages if you have questions about the human hazard potential of any substance(s) you plan to administer to animals. Animal pathogens that are not also human pathogens do NOT need to be listed as a hazardous agent unless they are modified in some way or are recombinant molecules, or are on the USDA list of restricted pathogens. However, you must indicate on the Procedure Checklists that you are using an animal pathogen. Animal cells or animal cell lines do NOT need to be listed as a hazardous agent unless they have been modified in some way. However, you must check the appropriate box in the Procedures Checklist and provide information about MAP or IMPACT testing of cell lines. Environmental Health and Safety: http://www.safety.rochester.edu/ Institutional Biosafety Committee: http://www.safety.rochester.edu/ibc/ Radiation Safety: http://intranet.urmc.rochester.edu/depts/radiationsafety/ Approval letters will not be provided for faculty until we have received the report from EHS. This is also the case for modifications to protocols. If you have any questions, please contact the UCAR Office at 5-1693. October 13, 2006 - New policy - UCAR Policy on NIH Noncompliance: Overcrowded Mouse Cage - UCAR has instituted new procedures to address overcrowded breeding cages. If you have any questions regarding this policy, or the information gathered regarding your rodent breeding program do not hesitate to contact UCAR at X5-1693. Click here to review the entire policy August 30, 2006 - New Policy - Image/Audio Data Capturing In Research Areas Involving Animal Experiments - In order to protect University of Rochester property, the privacy of employees, and the safety of animals, restrictions are placed on image capturing and audio recording as well as image capturing devices. Click here to review the entire policy June 30, 2006 - Updated Policy - Policy on the Use of Animals Outside of the Vivarium - Federal regulation and policy mandate the maximum duration of time that research animals can be kept outside of the housing facility. Animals regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture i.e. dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits, ferrets, bats, guinea pigs, hamsters and gerbils, are not permitted to be away from their housing rooms for more than 12 hours at a time. Public Health Service Policy prohibits animals not covered by USDA regulations (e.g. laboratory mice and rats, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish) from being out of the vivarium for longer than 24 hours. Click here to review the entire policy. June 20, 2006 - What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals - OLAW has created a brochure intended to communicate to investigators their responsibilities under PHS Grants Policy and PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals provides a succinct resource for investigators to quickly grasp the main expectations and requirements when using animals in research supported by the PHS. The brochure may be accessed at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/InvestigatorsNeed2Know.pdf. Copies of the brochure are available in the UCAR Office. May 2, 2006 - New Policy - Image/Audio Data Capturing In Research Areas Involving Animal Experiments - In order to protect University of Rochester property, the privacy of employees, and the safety of animals, the following restrictions are placed on image capturing and audio recording as well as image capturing devices. Click here for the complete policy May 2, 2006 - New Policy - Anesthesia Machine/Vaporizer Preventive Maintenance Policy - This policy was developed to provide guidelines regarding recommended scheduling for anesthesia machine/vaporizer (isoflurane, halothane and methoxyflurane) preventive maintenance. Click here for the complete policy December 1, 2005 - New Policy - UCAR Policy on Use of Analgesics, Tranquilizers & Anesthetics - This policy was developed to assist institutions with self enforced regulation, PHS/NIH and USDA established conditions of funding (PHS Policy and the Guide) and regulations (USDA Animal Welfare Act) to guide the Committee with a policy that defines painful procedures, the appropriate use of analgesics, tranquilizers and anesthetics. November 14, 2005 - Modification Forms to Change or Add Procedures - UCAR is requiring both an electronic copy and a signed copy of the modification form. When adding new staff to protocols, please submit the signed paper form to the UCAR Office. August 1, 2005 - Modification to Add Faculty, Staff or Students to Approved Protocols - UCAR has revised the "Modification to Add Faculty, Staff or Students to Approved Protocols" in an attempt to help principal investigators make sure that new staff who are being added to animal protocols meet UCAR and Vivarium training requirements. The new form requests basic information pertinent to the protocol and the person being added. Point 5 discusses some of the mandatory training. There is a table listing the training and a box for you to check. Please check the appropriate box indicating the training required for your protocols. Please do not hesitate to contact the UCAR Office if you have any questions. Modification to Add Faculty, Staff or Students Form May 26, 2005 - Rodent Colony Management Training - In an effort to reduce the number of overcrowded rodent cages that exist within the vivarium, the University Committee on Animal Resources (UCAR) now requires rodent colony management training for all individuals who maintain breeding colonies. Training is offered by the Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM) and lasts approximately one hour. The course covers: sexing rodents, identification methods, specimen collection for genotyping, recommendations on colony management strategies and record keeping. To register for training, please contact the Animal Resource office at X5-2651 or click on Rodent Colony Management Training Schedule.
May 12, 2005 - Rodent Training Modules -As discussed during UCAR laboratory meetings, we are in the process of distributing training CDs to personnel that work with mice and those who perform recovery surgery in rodents (rats and mice). UCAR is requesting that this method of training is documented and that the documentation is returned to the UCAR Office within sixty days of receiving the training CDs. The CDs are yours to keep as a training tool for your laboratory. If you have any questions/comments, please contact the UCAR Office at 5-1693. May 3, 2005 - Carbon dioxide (CO2) Euthanasia Training - UCAR has developed an on-line training course for CO2 euthanasia in the Blackboard Learning System. It is mandatory that all individuals that perform euthanasia using CO2 must review the on-line euthanasia course and pass the quiz. If you are listed on a protocol that states that you will euthanize animals with CO2, you must successfully complete the CO2 on-line training If you have any questions, please contact the UCAR Office at X5-1693. Click here for information regarding additional training April 5, 2005 - New Forms March 31, 2005 - Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) site visit - July 11-13, 2005 The Animal Resource and UCAR are preparing the university faculty and staff who use animals in research and teaching protocols for a July 11-13, 2005 site visit where external reviewers (AAALAC - Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care) may visit your lab. UCAR has already visited your labs and the Animal Resource is now offering a fifteen to twenty minute "news you can use" PowerPoint presentation. One of the University veterinarians is available to give this brief presentation to your labs as well as perform a quick walk through of individual labs to trouble shoot for potential problems. For further information, please contact the Animal Resource Office at X5-2651. January 11, 2005 - Rat Cage Density Policy & Matching UCAR Protocols to Grants
September 14, 2004 - Guidelines for Aseptic Recovery Surgery in Rodents We have updated our rodent recovery surgery policy. Click here for the complete policy April 16, 2004 - Clarification of PHS Policy Regarding Three Year Reviews of Animal Protocols Because of a recent policy clarification from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) UCAR has been required to modify our policy about granting protocol extensions. Principal Investigators are currently sent a letter three months before the expiration date of a protocol reminding them that a 36-month review is due. If the PI does not provide a protocol in time for review, the existing protocol expires. If the project is still active, the PI often requests an extension so that research can continue while review takes place (or, if the award is ending, so that the project can be finished). OLAW's clarification* makes it clear that such extensions are not allowed. click here for the complete policy January 15, 2003 - Protocol Modifications As of January 15, 2003 you must use the following procedure for modifying your Animal Use Protocol:
click here for complete policy September 30, 2002 - Mouse Cage Density and Colony Management September 26, 2002 - Clarification regarding Use of CO2 for Euthanasia
August 27, 2002 - PHS institutes "just-in-time" verification of Animal Use Protocol approval.
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