NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS

NIH GUIDE, Volume 24, Number 29, August 11, 1995



P.T. 42



Keywords:

  Animal Care 

  Animal Research Policy 



National Institutes of Health



The National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research

(OER), Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR) is continuing

to cosponsor workshops on implementing the Public Health Service

Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.  Each of the

workshops scheduled for Fiscal Year 1995 will focus on a specific

theme.  The workshops are open to institutional administrators,

members of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees, laboratory

animal veterinarians, investigators and other institutional staff who

have responsibility for high-quality management of sound

institutional animal care and use programs.  Ample opportunities will

be provided to exchange ideas and interests through question and

answer sessions and information discussions.



DATES:  September 14-15, 1995



TOPIC:  Internal Audits of the Animal Care and Use Program



LOCATION

Radisson Riverfront Hotel

Two Tenth Street

Augusta, GA  30910

Telephone:  (706) 721-3967

FAX:  (706) 721-4642



SPONSORS:  National Institutes of Health; Medical College of Georgia;

Albany State College



REGISTRATION

Ms. Katrinka Akeson

Department of Continuing Education HM100

Medical College of Georgia

Augusta, GA  300912

Telephone:  (706) 721-3967

FAX:  (706) 721-4642



FEE:  $150.00



DESCRIPTION:  The Workshop will address processes whereby

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC) can effectively

evaluate their institution's animal care and use program.  The PHS

Animal Welfare Policy and USDA Regulations state that at least once

every six months the institution's program for humane care and use of

animals is to be evaluated by the IACUC using the Guide and USDA

Regulations (Title 9, Chapter 1, subchapter A-Animal Welfare) as a

basis.  Topics to be included in the Workshop include:  A review of

the program as described in the Guide; institutional policy issues

such as the occupational health and safety program, personnel

training, and the activities of the IACUC and how effectively does it

meet its mandates.  Other program issues to be included are

veterinary care, the animal environment, and record reviews.  Reports

of the IACUC semiannual program and facility reviews will also be

discussed.  Approaches useful to IACUC's serving both small and large

institutions will be included.



INQUIRIES



For further information concerning these workshops and future

NIH/OER/OPRR Animal Welfare Education Workshops, contact:



Ms. Darlene Marie Ross

Office for Protection from Research Risks

National Institutes of Health

6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite 3B01

Rockville, MD  20892-7507

Telephone:  (301) 496-8101 ext. 233

FAX:  (301) 402-0527



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