SECOND EDITION OF ARENA/OLAW INSTITUTIONAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE
GUIDEBOOK ISSUED
Release Date: March 13, 2002
NOTICE: NOT-OD-02-038
National Institutes of Health
The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) and Applied Research
Ethics National Association (ARENA) announce the second edition of the
ARENA/OLAW Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook.
The updated 2002 IACUC Guidebook is the product of a joint effort
between ARENA and OLAW, led by an Editorial Board and with the
assistance of numerous contributing authors from the community. It
addresses multiple issues facing IACUCs in their oversight of
institutional animal care and use programs, and contains valuable
guidance based on the collective judgment and experience of the authors
as well as OLAW precedent and interpretation of PHS Policy.
The Guidebook is not a regulatory document and neither establishes nor
reflects a change in PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals. Following the recommendations of the Guidebook will
facilitate implementation of institutional animal care and use
programs, but is not required. PHS Policy does require compliance with
the ILAR Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and Animal
Welfare Act regulations.
Printed copies of the Guidebook will be available shortly and one will
be mailed to the IACUC Chairperson of each institution holding a PHS
Animal Welfare Assurance. To order additional copies send an email to:
[email protected].
The Guidebook is also available electronically on the OLAW website via
two different connections. This file is large and may take a few
minutes to download. The FTP link,
ftp://ftp.grants.nih.gov/IACUC/GuideBook.pdf, and the HTTP link,
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/GuideBook.pdf, connect to identical
files. The FTP link provides a faster connection for downloading. If
your browser experiences problems with the FTP link, please try the
HTTP link.
INQUIRIES
For questions or further information, contact:
Margaret C. Quinlan
Animal Welfare Program Specialist
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
National Institutes of Health
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1050
Bethesda, MD 20892-7982
301/402-4325 (phone)
301-402-2803 (fax)
e-mail: [email protected]
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