USE &CARE OF ANIMALS & BIOSAFETY

Hi everyone.

It's Lori.

And today we'll be talking a little bit about the

use and care of animals and biosafety.

More specifically, we'll be talking about the overlapping concerns that

exist within these areas as it pertains to research.

This graphic illustration depicts areas that are common between biosafety

and animal use and care areas specifically that are areas

of concern as you embark on research.

And so as I go in and talk a little

bit about this, I will be in no order in

particular because these individual areas actually intersect a little bit

as well.

So the areas that I've identified our policies and procedures,

training resources and risk.

So, I want to start off just by saying that

we are all very much aware that institutions are required

to have written policies and procedures that govern the way

that things are done.

A lot of those policies come from federal guidelines such

as CFR and you know, for animals, there's the A

W A there's OLA um IBC also has their guidance

that they have to follow.

And so we take the federal policies and then we

we drill down on an institutional level and then we

create policies on an institutional level for our researchers, our

staff and our employees as the goal is to maintain

a culture of safety as it pertains to research.

So, moving on, as we talk about that culture, we

also talk about the importance of training and I think

when we talk about biosafety, it's a portion of employee

health and safety and occupational health and safety.

And so there's a larger picture that I think even

as someone who doesn't conduct research, I'm very much aware

of the hazards that can be involved in the day

to day activities of your job.

And when you think about doing research with animals and

sometimes that involves infectious diseases and other hazardous materials, you

want to make sure that like individuals are trained appropriately.

And so the concern between these two areas is making

sure that people who are working in laboratory and working

with animals are appropriately trained and they need to be

trained in the areas of chemical storage, they need to

be trained in dosage preparation, They need to be trained

in waste management.

Um as all these things can affect their health and

safety and the environment as a whole.

And so also when we think about this, we think

about the resources, so when we think about the ability

to train people and to have people on staff to

deal with the sorts of research that our institution is

focused on.

And so I think there's a wide variety of research.

And so if someone was dealing with mainly infectious diseases,

you want to have someone who specializes in the nature

of those diseases and the best way to contain them.

And a little bit about that, like sometimes using animals

that are of a certain species, you want to make

sure that you think about zulu logic diseases and how

to best handle that.

And sometimes we need to think about, do we have

the right resources to make sure that our staff is

healthy and moving forward with research in the most appropriate

manner. And when we talk about that we then talk

about the risk that needs to be identified.

So I don't know about somebody else.

But something that I found interesting as I was preparing

this was that animal and allergies like we have to

think about that as an adult, I discovered that I

had an allergy to dogs.

And so is there a policy or procedure in place

to deal with someone who is working on animal research

and may have an allergy.

And how do we protect them?

We think about P.

P. E.

We think about having the appropriate steps in place to

deal with things.

And is there a procedure for someone to report instances

of something of this sort?

And what do we do, Do we take someone off

the study?

So I think that's an area of concern and in

addition to that something that I've learned is also that

there is an issue when you talk about, especially with

the I a cook using um anesthesia in euthanasia and

things that are considered explosive.

And how do you store those in a lab?

And how do you dispose of those in a lab

And if an animal is euthanized and um they contain

hazardous materials, how do you dispose of that?

And so assessing these risks are important in the beginning

of any protocol.

And I think that it's important again for education and

training so that our faculty, our staff, our researchers are

employee, the institution on a whole are aware of their

responsibilities as it pertains to conducting appropriate research when using

animals. And so I think just to wrap it up,

I think there are so many concerns.

I think that the I A cook folks should never

approve a protocol that involves the use of hazardous materials

of course without contacting the IBC as the oversight committees.

It's important that these two entities work together to make

sure that the research that is proposed is safe to

be conducted.

And I think they both have like difficult task and

and and they work together and like it involves like

the vet, it involves different people.

And I think to me these areas are very key

um concerns between the two areas and making sure that

they're addressed when conducting research.

Um I hope you enjoy this presentation.

I hope you also feel that the topics that I've

identified are also considered overlapping topics between the two areas

um and the references that were used for this presentation

can be located here.

Um Thank you so much and I hope you enjoyed

it

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