Administrative organization

• FAQ. What kind of administrative organization works best for ensuring compliance?
• Lab Animal. 2009; 38(4). (PDF - 208 KB) Multiple campuses, one IACUC: how many AVs?
• ILAR News. 1993; 35(3-4):68-70, question #2.
• View "Preparing for Animal Rights Extremist Activities at Your Institution – June 12, 2008 " (Flash – 55 min)

Agricultural animals

• FAQ. May institutions utilize the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching (Ag Guide) if their program includes traditional farm animals?
• Lab Animal. 2006; 35(4). (PDF - 85 KB) Conference wet lab: is an IACUC needed?

Animal activism

• FAQ. What are the institution's responsibilities in preparing for targeting by animal rights activists?
• View "Preparing for Animal Rights Extremist Activities at Your Institution" (Flash - 55 min)

Appointment of IACUC

• Lab Animal. 2007; 36(2). (PDF - 74 KB) New CEO, new IACUC?

Compliance

• Lab Animal. 2006; 35(10). (PDF - 87 KB) Tackling investigator noncompliance.
• Lab Animal. 2000; 29(5). (PDF) Common Areas of Noncompliance.
• Lab Animal. 1994; 23(8). Compliance at the Institutional Level.
• Reporting Noncompliance

Cost

• FAQ. May cost be used as justification for not implementing animal welfare standards?  

Disaster plans & emergencies

• FAQ. Do grantee institutions need animal facility disaster plans?
• FAQ. How can institutions assure animal welfare when HVAC systems malfunction or fail?
• Lab Animal. 2002; 31(8). Disaster Recovery: "Who ya gonna call?”
• Disaster Planning and Response Resources
• PI eAlert. 2010; No. 8 (PDF - 322 KB) How Can I Prepare My Animal-Research Lab for an Earthquake?
• View "Disaster Planning" (Windows Media Player - 59 mins)

IO vs. CEO

• FAQ. What is the difference between the Institutional Official and the Chief Executive Officer?
• Contemporary Topics. 1997; 36(2):47-50, question #3.

Occupational health & safety

• FAQ. What is required for an occupational health and safety program?
• Lab Animal. 1995; 24(9):24-26, question #7.

Pandemic

• FAQ. How can institutions and their IACUCs best prepare for a pandemic?

Performance standards

• FAQ. What is OLAW's position on performance standards?
• FAQ. May performance standards determine housing issues?
• FAQ. May performance standards determine environmental enrichment issues?
• View "Performance Standards" (Windows Media Player - 47 Mins)

Post-approval monitoring

• FAQ. Is post approval monitoring required?
• Contemporary Topics. 1996; 35(5). Model for Performing Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Continuing Review of Animal Research.

Training of staff

• FAQ. What kind of training is necessary to comply with the PHS Policy and how frequently should it be provided?
• Lab Animal. 2010; 39(8). (PDF - 170 KB) Noncompliance in survival surgery technique.
• Lab Animal. 1995; 24(9):24-26, question #3.

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