Transcript Town Hall Meeting August 14, 2013

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Directed by the Institutional Veterinarian
Responsibility for managing:
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Animal care staff
Animal housing and procedure space
Animal husbandry and medical care
Animal ordering
Non-lab specific animal husbandry supplies
Training
In this structure, Investigator issues are addressed by the
Director/Institutional Veterinarian or by their delegate
(such as vet tech, finance manager, supervisors)
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Starting July 1 all animal facilities and their
staff are the responsibility of Office of Animal
Resources (OAR).
All staff report to the Director of OAR
New Employees
 Micah Stoltz, Facility Supervisor, Transgenics
 Toni Mufford, Veterinary Technician
 Barb Pfister, Financial Manager
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September 2013
 Key positions to be hired
▪ Director / Institutional Veterinarian
▪ Operations Manager
▪ Administrative Assistant
 Gold building conventional facility reopens
 Ramaley 4/5 closed for animal housing
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July 2013 through June 2014
 Corrections of deficiencies in physical plant
 Slow conversion of staff from students to FT
personnel (as students leave their positions)
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Fall 2013
 Assessment of Classroom protocols
 Assessment of current satellites completed
 eRA vendor chosen
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Jan 2014
 Annual Occ Health assessments begin
 Annual IACUC refresher training
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Late FY 2013-2014
 eRA implementation started
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2015
 AAALAC program description with site visit by end of 2015
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3-5 years
 New life science building
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Toni Mufford will begin providing training on:
 Euthanasia
 Anesthesia
 Aseptic technique
 Other research techniques
Monday August 26, 2013 ALL animal orders must be processed
through the Office of Animal Resources
 Use the Animal Order form and Submit by NOON on Wednesday to
[email protected]
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OAR will do the following
 Order animals from vendors and recharge your speedtype of animal order
 Work with the IACUC to deduct numbers from your protocol
 Notify you of any issues with your animal order and resolve those issues
 Notify facility of your impending order
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Questions - OAR Finance Manager, Barb Pfister
([email protected]) or 303-735-3202
 Needs to be completed by everyone who
completed IACUC training prior to 11/30/12
Those individuals were emailed last week
Reminder: the quiz needs to be emailed back to
Dr. Cher Masini by Sept 3rd
 Required for both Animal and Human health
 Based on the Guide, NIH (OLAW), and existing UCB laboratory
safety policies
 Safe laboratory clothing: Closed-toed shoes, Long pants
 Designated Clothing or cover over that clothing
 Gloves
 Shoes covers (no more spraying shoes)
 Eye protection
 Hair bonnets
 Mask
When? Where?
Contact: Soda Sonoda or Cher Masini
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PPE: Clean lab coat, Mask, Hair cover, Gloves
Gloves:
 Sterile surgical gloves REQUIRED if touching sterile field
 Clean exam gloves permitted for “tips only”
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Pre-operative prep of animals
During – maintain sterile field and instruments
 Bead sterilizer in between animals
 Use a new pack or resterilize instruments at least every 5 animals
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Post-operative
 Analgesia, fluids, etc (see SOP 21 – will be reviewed by IACUC in Aug)
 Monitoring
 Documentation of anesthesia, procedure, and post-operative care and
monitoring (including when provide analgesia)
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Minimum requirements:
 The Surgical site is to be clipped
 The Surgeon will wear gloves
 The instruments and surrounding areas are clean
 May use expired medical materials (NOT anesthetics or analgesics)
▪ If using them, they MUST be clearly labeled for acute procedures and be physically
separate from non-expired materials
 For nonsurvival procedures of extended duration:
attention to aseptic technique may be important in order to ensure stability
of the model and a successful outcome.
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All rodents donated to Birds of Prey must be
euthanized with CO2
Transgenic animals cannot be donated to
Birds of Prey
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Individuals must be qualified and trained
Carbon Dioxide Source
 Gas cylinders only
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No mixing of species or animals from different
cages
 Ideally use the animals home cage
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Follow posted procedures
 Flow meters
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Confirmation of death with secondary method
Must be reviewed and approved by the IACUC
All transport must be reviewed and approved by the
IACUC
 Transport animals in approved transport containers.
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 Only carry animals from the same home cage
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Cover the cages when taking them to your lab
 Sheet, trash bag, opaque transport container
Carry multiple cages on a cart
Use routes that minimize contact with the public
Animals are permitted to remain in labs for up to 24
hours (unless preapproved as a satellite)
 Follow proper traffic patterns
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The new protocol form will prompt
investigators to provide important
information in accordance with the
regulatory requirements and the 8th
Addition of the Guide.
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The old protocol and addendum form will
no longer be accepted after August 19.
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Scientific justification and monitoring:
 Food and fluid restrictions, prolonged restraint, pain category E
procedures
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Humane Endpoints
Enrichment exemptions
Single housing of rodents
Non-pharm grade chemicals and method of dilutions
Steps to minimize pain, distress, discomfort and injury
Written assurance regarding unnecessary duplication
Written narrative (searches) to show that less distressful
alternatives were not available for Pain Categories D or E
We are all ears!