Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

• Training and Compliance

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Training/Compliance Coordinators

• Rhonda Lewallen
• Barbara Farrell
• Jeri Shaw

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Compliance
The Challenging Aspect

• Lab and Facility Inspections
• Procedural Inspections
• Policy Compliance
• Investigating Concerns

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Inspections

• Lab Inspections
• semi-annual spread over six month period
• Facility Inspections
• semi-annual over one month
• Procedural
• usually one time
• Departmental Informational Session
• all laboratories every three years

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Things We Look For

• Health and Safety Concerns
• -Animal and Human
• Recordkeeping
• Drug Usage/Storage
• Awareness of Policies/Procedures
• Aseptic Technique

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Departmental Sessions

• Two Year Cycle
• Overview of Inspection Compliance
• New Policy Review
• Coordinated Through Research Administrators
• PIs, Lab Coordinators, Animal Handlers

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Animal Concerns

• Reported to IACUC Office
• Usually Compliance Issues
• Deviation from Protocols
• Personnel Training Issues

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Training
Nuts and Bolts

• On-line Orientation
• Species Specific Certification
• Technical Instruction
• Mouse Colony Management
• Coordinator Training

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Every Animal Handler Must Gain Certification
Through Coordinators or IACUC Certified
Instructors
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Instructors

• IACUC Coordinators
• -Rats and Mice, Aseptic
• Veterinary Services
• -Large Animals and Other Species
• DLAM Coordinator
• -Facility Training
• Lab Coordinators
• -Specific Individual Training

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Laboratory Coordinators

• Gain Certification Through Formal Training
• Train Individuals in Lab
• Report Training to IACUC
• Help Ensure Compliance
• LC Support Group

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IACUC Classes

• Mouse Handling and Techniques
• Rat Handling and Techniques
• Aseptic Techniques
• Mouse Colony Management
• One-on-One Training

We will also help those seeking more advanced
techniques
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Useful Resources

• IACUC www.med.unc.edu/iacuc
• DLAM www.viper.med.unc/dlam
• EHS www.ehs.unc.edu

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Our Goal is to Promote Research Excellence