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Title: Semi Annual Program Reviews and Facility Inspection


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Semi Annual Program Reviews and Facility
Inspection
  • Betty Goldentyer, DVM
  • Eastern Regional Director
  • USDA, APHIS, Animal Care

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Animal Welfare Act 2143
  • (b) Research Facility Committee establishment,
    membership, functions, etc.
  • (3) The Committee shall inspect at least
    semi-annually all animal study areas and animal
    facilities and review

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Animal Welfare Act 2143
  • (A) Practices involving pain to animals, and
  • (B) the condition of animals, to ensure
    compliance with the provisions of this chapter to
    minimize pain and distress to animals.

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Animal Welfare Act Regulations2.31 (C)
  • IACUC Functions
  • (1) Review at least once every six months, the
    research facilitys program for the humane care
    and use of animals
  • Using AWAR as a basis for evaluation

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Animal Welfare Act Regulations2.31 (C)
  • (2) Inspect, at least once every six months, all
    of the research facilitys animal facilities
    including animal study areas.
  • (3) Prepare reports of its evaluations and submit
    the reports to the Institutional Official

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Consider
  • AWA directs us to review practices involving pain
    and minimize pain and distress
  • AWAR IACUC function 1 review the program for
    humane care and use

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Program Review
  • Institutional policies, procedures and
    responsibilities
  • Animal environment, housing and management
  • Veterinary medical care
  • Physical plant

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Hot Topics
  • Unannounced/Announced
  • Inspection of laboratories
  • Remote sites
  • Subcommittees
  • Access and Biosecurity

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Announced ? Unannounced
  • Its up to the IACUC
  • Unannounced can be helpful in a problem area
  • Can switch back and forth

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Inspecting Individual Labs
  • Study Area means any building, room, area,
    enclosure, or other containment outside of a core
    facility or centrally designated or managed area
    in which animals are housed for more than 12
    hours.

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It Depends
  • The Institution is responsible for all the
    activities
  • USDA can inspect all the activity areas

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Some Options
  • IACUC has authority to inspect
  • Can inspect Randomly or rotating
  • Can inspect based on activity
  • Pain category
  • Species

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Remote Sites
  • Must be inspected
  • Can use a subcommittee
  • Cant exclude any member
  • Watch for conflict of interest

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Using Subcommittees
  • At least 2 members
  • Cant exclude anyone
  • Can include consultants
  • AALAC site visit works if 2 IACUC members present

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Access and Biosafety
  • Announced Inspections
  • Order of inspection
  • Unaffiliated member access?

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Hot Topics
  • All Inspection related

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Big Picture
  • AWA - review practices involving pain and
    minimize pain and distress
  • IACUC function 1 review the program for humane
    care and use

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