Appendix W Audit of Approved Animal Care and Use Protocol PAM member Signature: Date: PAM member Signature: Date: Date Due: Principal Investigator: Protocol #: Species: Title: Date of protocol audit meeting: Date of laboratory audit: Number ordered to date: Breeding colony?: Yes No N/A Protocol and Personnel 1. Do the PI and personnel all have access to the most recent version of the protocol and (any) amendments? 2. Do the PI and personnel have accurate knowledge of the protocol? Study Procedures 3. Are the procedures used the same as those described in the protocol? 4. Has been submission of amendments for any changes in procedure? 5. Are animals taken from the immediate ARF facility for over 12 hours? Anesthesia & Analgesia 6. Are the methods of anesthesia in compliance with what is written in the protocol? 7. Are anesthetized animals being monitored according to what is written in the protocol? 8. If inhalant anesthetics (e.g. isoflurane) are used, are they scavenged properly? 9. Are analgesic dosages, frequency, and route of administration accurately documented in ACORP? 10. If isoflurane anesthesia is used, have personnel been monitored within the past year? Rodent Surgery 11. Is there a clean, uncluttered, identified area for surgeries? 12. Does the surgeon(s) wear clean gloves during surgery? 13. Is the operative field shaved (or is there an IACUC-approved exception)? 14. Is an antiseptic solution applied to the surgical site? 15. Are disinfected instruments being used (glass bead sterilizer or bactericidal solution)? 16. Are implanted devices sterilized before use? 17. Is an appropriate recovery area for this species? 18. Are all drugs, fluids, suture, etc. within expiration dates? 19. Are scheduled drugs stored under double lock and key and with appropriate records? 20. Is there only one major surgery performed on each animal (unless prior approval by IACUC)? Survival Large Animal (Non-rodent Mammalian) Surgery 21. Are surgical procedures performed in a surgical suite approved by the IACUC?
Appendix W Audit of Approved Animal Care and Use Protocol PAM member Signature: Date: PAM member Signature: Date: Date Due: Principal Investigator: Protocol #: Species: Title: Date of protocol audit meeting: Date of laboratory audit: Number ordered to date: Breeding colony?: Yes No N/A Protocol and Personnel 1. Do the PI and personnel all have access to the most recent version of the protocol and (any) amendments? 2. Do the PI and personnel have accurate knowledge of the protocol? Study Procedures 3. Are the procedures used the same as those described in the protocol? 4. Has been submission of amendments for any changes in procedure? 5. Are animals taken from the immediate ARF facility for over 12 hours? Anesthesia & Analgesia 6. Are the methods of anesthesia in compliance with what is written in the protocol? 7. Are anesthetized animals being monitored according to what is written in the protocol? 8. If inhalant anesthetics (e.g. isoflurane) are used, are they scavenged properly? 9. Are analgesic dosages, frequency, and route of administration accurately documented in ACORP? 10. If isoflurane anesthesia is used, have personnel been monitored within the past year? Rodent Surgery 11. Is there a clean, uncluttered, identified area for surgeries? 12. Does the surgeon(s) wear clean gloves during surgery? 13. Is the operative field shaved (or is there an IACUC-approved exception)? 14. Is an antiseptic solution applied to the surgical site? 15. Are disinfected instruments being used (glass bead sterilizer or bactericidal solution)? 16. Are implanted devices sterilized before use? 17. Is an appropriate recovery area for this species? 18. Are all drugs, fluids, suture, etc. within expiration dates? 19. Are scheduled drugs stored under double lock and key and with appropriate records? 20. Is there only one major surgery performed on each animal (unless prior approval by IACUC)? Survival Large Animal (Non-rodent Mammalian) Surgery 21. Are surgical procedures performed in a surgical suite approved by the IACUC?
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