Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC)
Policies & Procedures
This is the set of official policies, procedures, guidelines and SOPs that cover research animal use at the University. All the links are to PDF documents.
Office of Animal Resources Policies, Procedures & Guidelines
The Office of Animal Resources has a set of policys, prodedures and guidelines that cover the use of animals in research here at the University, and the IACUC refers to these in its oversight role.
Animal Welfare Policies
Research Guidelines
- 104.01 Guidelines for Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Tranquilization
- 104.02 Guidelines for Survival Surgical Procedures in Rabbits and Higher Mammals
- 104.03 Post-Operative Monitoring of Research Animals
- 104.04 Guidelines for Survival Surgical Procedures and Post-Operative Monitoring of Research Animals
- 104.06 Guidelines for Survival Surgical Procedures and Post-Operative Care in Rodents
- 104.07 Guidelines for the Maintenance of Fluid Homeostasis in Rodents
- 104.08 Guidelines for the Use of Complete Freund's Adjuvant
- 104.09 Guidelines for the Utilization of Rodents in Experimental Neoplasia and Ascites Production
- 104.10 Guidelines for Blood Collection
- 104.14 Overcrowding of Rodents
- 104.15 Induction of Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis (EAE)
- 104.16 Guidelines for the Production of Monoclonal Antibodies in Laboratory Mice
- 104.17 Guidelines for the Housing of Rodents
Health & Safety Guidelines & Policies
- 105.01 Occupational Health and Safety Program for Personnel with Significant Animal Exposure
- 105.03 Safety Procedures for Handling and Care of Animals Exposed to Human Origin Tissue, Cells or Tumors
- 105.05 Response Procedures to Animal Bites, Scratches and Related Injuries
- 105.06 Management of Cercopithecine Herpesvirus 1 (formerly Herpes-virus simiae or "B" Virus) Exposures
- 105.07 Safe Practices Using the Neurotoxin MPTP in the Animal Facility
IACUC Policies, Procedures, Guidelines & SOPS
The IACUC also maintains a set of policies, procedures, guidelines and SOPs that govern the use of research animals at the University.
Policies
Training
Animal Protcols
Animal Welfare
Compliance & Reporting
- Enforcement of Rules and Regulations
- Policy for Reporting and Investigating Animal Welfare Concerns at Thomas Jefferson University
- Link to University Policy 110.02 - Responding to Alleged Misconduct in Research
Guidelines
- Alternatives to Animal Use and Painful Procedures
- Euthanasia Guidelines
- See also: Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia
- Guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals in Patient Care Areas
- U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training
- Guidelines for the Safe Use of Isoflurane in Animal Research
SOPs
The IACUC has approved a number of SOPs for common animal use procedures. When writing an Animal Use Protocol, one can refer to these instead of writing out a description of the procedure.
- Breeding of Mice
- AIMS Tattooing System
- Genotyping Using Tail Tissue
- Retro-Orbital Bleeding
- Tail Vein Injection
- Small Animal Molecular Imaging Facility
- Optical Imaging
- Appendix A Jefferson Alumni Hall
- Appendix B College Building
- Appendix C Bluemle Life Sciences Building
- Avian Embryo Euthanasia
- Transportation and Handling of Research Animals for Irradiation
