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Departures - May 2017

Audience: IACUC members

Goal: Understanding Guide departures and to appropriately report findings to address institutional regulatory burden.

Objectives:
  • Define must, should, or may
  • Identify an IACUC approved departure, exception or a validated performance standard
  • Categorize the status of a finding as not a departure, an approved departure, or noncompliance
  • Determine the appropriate reporting requirements for a departure
Module Developers: Gretchen Hundertmark, Kari Koszdin, Kirk Lubick, Dawn O-Connor
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Submit comments or questions to olawdpe@mail.nih.gov.