Ethics Committees: Committees established by professional societies, health facilities, or other institutions to consider decisions that have bioethical implications. The role of these committees may include consultation, education, mediation, and/or review of policies and practices. Committees that consider the ethical dimensions of patient care are ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects are ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH.Committee Membership: The composition of a committee; the state or status of being a member of a committee.Advisory Committees: Groups set up to advise governmental bodies, societies, or other institutions on policy. (Bioethics Thesaurus)Ethics Committees, Research: Hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects. Federal regulations (the "Common Rule" (45 CFR 46)) mandate the use of these committees to monitor federally-funded biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects.Professional Staff Committees: Committees of professional personnel who have responsibility for determining policies, procedures, and controls related to professional matters in health facilities.Ethics Committees, Clinical: Hospital or other institutional ethics committees established to consider the ethical dimensions of patient care. Distinguish from ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH, which are established to monitor the welfare of patients or healthy volunteers participating in research studies.Animal Care Committees: Institutional committees established to protect the welfare of animals used in research and education. The 1971 NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals introduced the policy that institutions using warm-blooded animals in projects supported by NIH grants either be accredited by a recognized professional laboratory animal accrediting body or establish its own committee to evaluate animal care; the Public Health Service adopted a policy in 1979 requiring such committees; and the 1985 amendments to the Animal Welfare Act mandate review and approval of federally funded research with animals by a formally designated Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).Ethical Review: A formal process of examination of patient care or research proposals for conformity with ethical standards. The review is usually conducted by an organized clinical or research ethics committee (CLINICAL ETHICS COMMITTEES or RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES), sometimes by a subset of such a committee, an ad hoc group, or an individual ethicist (ETHICISTS).Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee: An advisory group composed primarily of staff physicians and the pharmacist which serves as the communication link between the medical staff and the pharmacy department.Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees: Committees established to review interim data and efficacy outcomes in clinical trials. The findings of these committees are used in deciding whether a trial should be continued as designed, changed, or terminated. Government regulations regarding federally-funded research involving human subjects (the "Common Rule") require (45 CFR 46.111) that research ethics committees reviewing large-scale clinical trials monitor the data collected using a mechanism such as a data monitoring committee. FDA regulations (21 CFR 50.24) require that such committees be established to monitor studies conducted in emergency settings.Societies, Medical: Societies whose membership is limited to physicians.Ethics Consultation: Services provided by an individual ethicist (ETHICISTS) or an ethics team or committee (ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL) to address the ethical issues involved in a specific clinical case. The central purpose is to improve the process and outcomes of patients' care by helping to identify, analyze, and resolve ethical problems.Human Experimentation: The use of humans as investigational subjects.Ethics, Research: The moral obligations governing the conduct of research. Used for discussions of research ethics as a general topic.United StatesEthics, Medical: The principles of professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician, relations with patients and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the physician in patient care and interpersonal relations with patient families.Terminology as Topic: The terms, expressions, designations, or symbols used in a particular science, discipline, or specialized subject area.Immunization Schedule: Schedule giving optimum times usually for primary and/or secondary immunization.Guidelines as Topic: A systematic statement of policy rules or principles. Guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by convening expert panels. The text may be cursive or in outline form but is generally a comprehensive guide to problems and approaches in any field of activity. For guidelines in the field of health care and clinical medicine, PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC is available.Animal Experimentation: The use of animals as investigational subjects.Health Planning Guidelines: Recommendations for directing health planning functions and policies. These may be mandated by PL93-641 and issued by the Department of Health and Human Services for use by state and local planning agencies.Biomedical Research: Research that involves the application of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to medicine.Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation: Human experimentation that is not intended to benefit the subjects on whom it is performed. Phase I drug studies (CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC) and research involving healthy volunteers are examples of nontherapeutic human experimentation.Ethics, Institutional: The moral and ethical obligations or responsibilities of institutions.Ethicists: Persons trained in philosophical or theological ethics who work in clinical, research, public policy, or other settings where they bring their expertise to bear on the analysis of ethical dilemmas in policies or cases. (Bioethics Thesaurus)Research Subjects: Persons who are enrolled in research studies or who are otherwise the subjects of research.American Medical Association: Professional society representing the field of medicine.Clinical Trials as Topic: Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.Social Control, Formal: Control which is exerted by the more stable organizations of society, such as established institutions and the law. They are ordinarily embodied in definite codes, usually written.Informed Consent: Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.Great BritainConflict of Interest: A situation in which an individual might benefit personally from official or professional actions. It includes a conflict between a person's private interests and official responsibilities in a position of trust. The term is not restricted to government officials. The concept refers both to actual conflict of interest and the appearance or perception of conflict.Vaccination: Administration of vaccines to stimulate the host's immune response. This includes any preparation intended for active immunological prophylaxis.Practice Guidelines as Topic: Directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery.Dissent and Disputes: Differences of opinion or disagreements that may arise, for example, between health professionals and patients or their families, or against a political regime.Animal Welfare: The protection of animals in laboratories or other specific environments by promoting their health through better nutrition, housing, and care.International Cooperation: The interaction of persons or groups of persons representing various nations in the pursuit of a common goal or interest.Multicenter Studies as Topic: Works about controlled studies which are planned and carried out by several cooperating institutions to assess certain variables and outcomes in specific patient populations, for example, a multicenter study of congenital anomalies in children.Research: Critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation, having for its aim the discovery of new facts and their correct interpretation, the revision of accepted conclusions, theories, or laws in the light of newly discovered facts, or the practical application of such new or revised conclusions, theories, or laws. (Webster, 3d ed)Government Regulation: Exercise of governmental authority to control conduct.Bioethical Issues: Clusters of topics that fall within the domain of BIOETHICS, the field of study concerned with value questions that arise in biomedicine and health care delivery.Editorial Policies: The guidelines and policy statements set forth by the editor(s) or editorial board of a publication.Health Planning Councils: Organized groups serving in advisory capacities related to health planning activities.Microbial Sensitivity Tests: Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses).Institute of Medicine (U.S.): Identifies, for study and analysis, important issues and problems that relate to health and medicine. The Institute initiates and conducts studies of national policy and planning for health care and health-related education and research; it also responds to requests from the federal government and other agencies for studies and advice.Therapeutic Human Experimentation: Human experimentation that is intended to benefit the subjects on whom it is performed.Quality Control: A system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in a product or process by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)History, 20th Century: Time period from 1901 through 2000 of the common era.Consensus: General agreement or collective opinion; the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned.American Heart Association: A voluntary organization concerned with the prevention and treatment of heart and vascular diseases.Organizational Policy: A course or method of action selected, usually by an organization, institution, university, society, etc., from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions and positions on matters of public interest or social concern. It does not include internal policy relating to organization and administration within the corporate body, for which ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION is available.Canada: The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.Peer Review, Research: The evaluation by experts of the quality and pertinence of research or research proposals of other experts in the same field. Peer review is used by editors in deciding which submissions warrant publication, by granting agencies to determine which proposals should be funded, and by academic institutions in tenure decisions.Patient Rights: Fundamental claims of patients, as expressed in statutes, declarations, or generally accepted moral principles. (Bioethics Thesaurus) The term is used for discussions of patient rights as a group of many rights, as in a hospital's posting of a list of patient rights.Consumer Advocacy: The promotion and support of consumers' rights and interests.Societies, Scientific: Societies whose membership is limited to scientists.Antifungal Agents: Substances that destroy fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce. They differ from FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL because they defend against fungi present in human or animal tissues.Licensure: The legal authority or formal permission from authorities to carry on certain activities which by law or regulation require such permission. It may be applied to licensure of institutions as well as individuals.Research Design: A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.Red Cross: International collective of humanitarian organizations led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, to provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.Peer Review: An organized procedure carried out by a select committee of professionals in evaluating the performance of other professionals in meeting the standards of their specialty. Review by peers is used by editors in the evaluation of articles and other papers submitted for publication. Peer review is used also in the evaluation of grant applications. It is applied also in evaluating the quality of health care provided to patients.Consent Forms: Documents describing a medical treatment or research project, including proposed procedures, risks, and alternatives, that are to be signed by an individual, or the individual's proxy, to indicate his/her understanding of the document and a willingness to undergo the treatment or to participate in the research.European Union: The collective designation of three organizations with common membership: the European Economic Community (Common Market), the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). It was known as the European Community until 1994. It is primarily an economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labor. Professional services, social, medical and paramedical, are subsumed under labor. The constituent countries are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. (The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997, p842)World Health Organization: A specialized agency of the United Nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples.Evidence-Based Medicine: An approach of practicing medicine with the goal to improve and evaluate patient care. It requires the judicious integration of best research evidence with the patient's values to make decisions about medical care. This method is to help physicians make proper diagnosis, devise best testing plan, choose best treatment and methods of disease prevention, as well as develop guidelines for large groups of patients with the same disease. (from JAMA 296 (9), 2006)Candida: A genus of yeast-like mitosporic Saccharomycetales fungi characterized by producing yeast cells, mycelia, pseudomycelia, and blastophores. It is commonly part of the normal flora of the skin, mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina, but can cause a variety of infections, including CANDIDIASIS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; vulvovaginal candidiasis (CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL), and thrush (see CANDIDIASIS, ORAL). (From Dorland, 28th ed)Social Responsibility: The obligations and accountability assumed in carrying out actions or ideas on behalf of others.Confidentiality: The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.Vaccines: Suspensions of killed or attenuated microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa), antigenic proteins, synthetic constructs, or other bio-molecular derivatives, administered for the prevention, amelioration, or treatment of infectious and other diseases.Animals, LaboratoryResearch Personnel: Those individuals engaged in research.Research Support as Topic: Financial support of research activities.Health Policy: Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.Laboratories: Facilities equipped to carry out investigative procedures.Influenza Vaccines: Vaccines used to prevent infection by viruses in the family ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE. It includes both killed and attenuated vaccines. The composition of the vaccines is changed each year in response to antigenic shifts and changes in prevalence of influenza virus strains. The vaccine is usually bivalent or trivalent, containing one or two INFLUENZAVIRUS A strains and one INFLUENZAVIRUS B strain.Ethics, Clinical: The identification, analysis, and resolution of moral problems that arise in the care of patients. (Bioethics Thesaurus)Fluconazole: Triazole antifungal agent that is used to treat oropharyngeal CANDIDIASIS and cryptococcal MENINGITIS in AIDS.Accreditation: Certification as complying with a standard set by non-governmental organizations, applied for by institutions, programs, and facilities on a voluntary basis.Group Structure: The informal or formal organization of a group of people based on a network of personal relationships which is influenced by the size and composition, etc., of the group.Societies: Organizations composed of members with common interests and whose professions may be similar.Drug Industry: That segment of commercial enterprise devoted to the design, development, and manufacture of chemical products for use in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, disability, or other dysfunction, or to improve function.EuropeAcademies and Institutes: Organizations representing specialized fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., National Academy of Sciences, Brookings Institution, etc.Data Collection: Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.Decision Making, Organizational: The process by which decisions are made in an institution or other organization.United States Food and Drug Administration: An agency of the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE concerned with the overall planning, promoting, and administering of programs pertaining to maintaining standards of quality of foods, drugs, therapeutic devices, etc.Immunization Programs: Organized services to administer immunization procedures in the prevention of various diseases. The programs are made available over a wide range of sites: schools, hospitals, public health agencies, voluntary health agencies, etc. They are administered to an equally wide range of population groups or on various administrative levels: community, municipal, state, national, international.Publishing: "The business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature" (Webster's 3d). It includes the publisher, publication processes, editing and editors. Production may be by conventional printing methods or by electronic publishing.Treatment Outcome: Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series.Legislation as Topic: The enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific heading.Clinical Protocols: Precise and detailed plans for the study of a medical or biomedical problem and/or plans for a regimen of therapy.Behavioral Research: Research that involves the application of the behavioral and social sciences to the study of the actions or reactions of persons or animals in response to external or internal stimuli. (from American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed)Information Dissemination: The circulation or wide dispersal of information.Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: A medical specialty concerned with the use of physical agents, mechanical apparatus, and manipulation in rehabilitating physically diseased or injured patients.Ethics, Professional: The principles of proper conduct concerning the rights and duties of the professional, relations with patients or consumers and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the professional and interpersonal relations with patient or consumer families. (From Stedman, 25th ed)Medical Oncology: A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of neoplasms.Decision Making: The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.Neoplasm Staging: Methods which attempt to express in replicable terms the extent of the neoplasm in the patient.Quality Assurance, Health Care: Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.Formularies as Topic: Works about lists of drugs or collections of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions for the compounding of medicinal preparations. Formularies differ from PHARMACOPOEIAS in that they are less complete, lacking full descriptions of the drugs, their formulations, analytic composition, chemical properties, etc. In hospitals, formularies list all drugs commonly stocked in the hospital pharmacy.Public Policy: A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions.Formularies, Hospital: Formularies concerned with pharmaceuticals prescribed in hospitals.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.): An agency of the UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE that conducts and supports programs for the prevention and control of disease and provides consultation and assistance to health departments and other countries.Reference Standards: A basis of value established for the measure of quantity, weight, extent or quality, e.g. weight standards, standard solutions, methods, techniques, and procedures used in diagnosis and therapy.Legal Guardians: A legal concept for individuals who are designated to act on behalf of persons who are considered incapable of acting in their own behalf, e.g., minors and persons found to be not mentally competent.Guideline Adherence: Conformity in fulfilling or following official, recognized, or institutional requirements, guidelines, recommendations, protocols, pathways, or other standards.Disclosure: Revealing of information, by oral or written communication.Hospital Administration: Management of the internal organization of the hospital.Risk Assessment: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or from the absence of beneficial influences. (Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1988)Politics: Activities concerned with governmental policies, functions, etc.Drug Approval: Process that is gone through in order for a drug to receive approval by a government regulatory agency. This includes any required pre-clinical or clinical testing, review, submission, and evaluation of the applications and test results, and post-marketing surveillance of the drug.Itraconazole: A triazole antifungal agent that inhibits cytochrome P-450-dependent enzymes required for ERGOSTEROL synthesis.Program Development: The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).Questionnaires: Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.Reproducibility of Results: The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis Vaccines: Combined vaccines consisting of DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; TETANUS TOXOID; and an acellular form of PERTUSSIS VACCINE. At least five different purified antigens of B. pertussis have been used in various combinations in these vaccines.Beneficence: The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). The ethical principle of BENEFICENCE requires producing net benefit over harm. (Bioethics Thesaurus)Federal Government: The level of governmental organization and function at the national or country-wide level.Societies, Dental: Societies whose membership is limited to dentists.Anti-Bacterial Agents: Substances that reduce the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA.Euthanasia: The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)Awards and PrizesAuthorship: The profession of writing. Also the identity of the writer as the creator of a literary production.National Institutes of Health (U.S.): An operating division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. It is concerned with the overall planning, promoting, and administering of programs pertaining to health and medical research. Until 1995, it was an agency of the United States PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic: Works about clinical trials that involve at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table.Evaluation Studies as Topic: Studies determining the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies. For drugs and devices, CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG EVALUATION; and DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL are available.Organizational Objectives: The purposes, missions, and goals of an individual organization or its units, established through administrative processes. It includes an organization's long-range plans and administrative philosophy.Legislation, Medical: Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body.Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine: A combined vaccine used to prevent MEASLES; MUMPS; and RUBELLA.Retrospective Studies: Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.Influenza, Human: An acute viral infection in humans involving the respiratory tract. It is marked by inflammation of the NASAL MUCOSA; the PHARYNX; and conjunctiva, and by headache and severe, often generalized, myalgia.Organization and Administration: The planning and managing of programs, services, and resources.Professional Misconduct: Violation of laws, regulations, or professional standards.Congresses as Topic: Conferences, conventions or formal meetings usually attended by delegates representing a special field of interest.Internationality: The quality or state of relating to or affecting two or more nations. (After Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed)Government Agencies: Administrative units of government responsible for policy making and management of governmental activities.Bioethics: A branch of applied ethics that studies the value implications of practices and developments in life sciences, medicine, and health care.Time Factors: Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.Vaccines, Combined: Two or more vaccines in a single dosage form.Chickenpox Vaccine: A live, attenuated varicella virus vaccine used for immunization against chickenpox. It is recommended for children between the ages of 12 months and 13 years.Consumer Participation: Community or individual involvement in the decision-making process.Infant, Newborn: An infant during the first month after birth.Occupational Medicine: Medical specialty concerned with the promotion and maintenance of the physical and mental health of employees in occupational settings.Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499Bacteriology: The study of the structure, growth, function, genetics, and reproduction of bacteria, and BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.Curriculum: A course of study offered by an educational institution.Libraries, Hospital: Information centers primarily serving the needs of hospital medical staff and sometimes also providing patient education and other services.Mumps Vaccine: Vaccines used to prevent infection by MUMPS VIRUS. Best known is the live attenuated virus vaccine of chick embryo origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of adolescents and adults who have not had mumps or been immunized with live mumps vaccine. Children are usually immunized with measles-mumps-rubella combination vaccine.Liability, Legal: Accountability and responsibility to another, enforceable by civil or criminal sanctions.Nutritional Sciences: The study of NUTRITION PROCESSES as well as the components of food, their actions, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease.Societies, Hospital: Societies having institutional membership limited to hospitals and other health care institutions.Annual Reports as Topic: Annual statements reviewing the status of the administrative and operational functions and accomplishments of an institution or organization.Laboratory Animal Science: The science and technology dealing with the procurement, breeding, care, health, and selection of animals used in biomedical research and testing.Professional Practice: The use of one's knowledge in a particular profession. It includes, in the case of the field of biomedicine, professional activities related to health care and the actual performance of the duties related to the provision of health care.Human Rights: The rights of the individual to cultural, social, economic, and educational opportunities as provided by society, e.g., right to work, right to education, and right to social security.State Medicine: A system of medical care regulated, controlled and financed by the government, in which the government assumes responsibility for the health needs of the population.Risk Factors: An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, or inborn or inherited characteristic, which, on the basis of epidemiologic evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.Hepatitis A Vaccines: Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent infection with hepatitis A virus (HEPATOVIRUS).International Agencies: International organizations which provide health-related or other cooperative services.Jehovah's Witnesses: Members of a religious denomination founded in the United States during the late 19th century in which active evangelism is practiced, the imminent approach of the millennium is preached, and war and organized government authority in matters of conscience are strongly opposed (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). Jehovah's Witnesses generally refuse blood transfusions and other blood-based treatments based on religious belief.Records as Topic: The commitment in writing, as authentic evidence, of something having legal importance. The concept includes certificates of birth, death, etc., as well as hospital, medical, and other institutional records.Health Personnel: Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)Periodicals as Topic: A publication issued at stated, more or less regular, intervals.Parental Consent: Informed consent given by a parent on behalf of a minor or otherwise incompetent child.Pharmacy Service, Hospital: Hospital department responsible for the receiving, storing, and distribution of pharmaceutical supplies.JapanPersonal Autonomy: Self-directing freedom and especially moral independence. An ethical principle holds that the autonomy of persons ought to be respected. (Bioethics Thesaurus)Prognosis: A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.Drug Storage: The process of keeping pharmaceutical products in an appropriate location.Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the posteromedial portion of the lateral condyle of the femur, passes anteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the depression in front of the intercondylar eminence of the tibia.Pregnancy: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.Certification: Compliance with a set of standards defined by non-governmental organizations. Certification is applied for by individuals on a voluntary basis and represents a professional status when achieved, e.g., certification for a medical specialty.Knee Injuries: Injuries to the knee or the knee joint.Schools, Medical: Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine.Rimantadine: An RNA synthesis inhibitor that is used as an antiviral agent in the prophylaxis and treatment of influenza.Prospective Studies: Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.Physician's Role: The expected function of a member of the medical profession.Academic Medical Centers: Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.EnglandPopulation Surveillance: Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.Pediatrics: A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.Product Surveillance, Postmarketing: Surveillance of drugs, devices, appliances, etc., for efficacy or adverse effects, after they have been released for general sale.Cooperative Behavior: The interaction of two or more persons or organizations directed toward a common goal which is mutually beneficial. An act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit, i.e., joint action. (From Random House Dictionary Unabridged, 2d ed)United States Dept. of Health and Human Services: A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government concerned with administering those agencies and offices having programs pertaining to health and human services.Government: The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit.Expert Testimony: Presentation of pertinent data by one with special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a particular subject.Moral Obligations: Duties that are based in ETHICS, rather than in law.Policy Making: The decision process by which individuals, groups or institutions establish policies pertaining to plans, programs or procedures.Medical Futility: The absence of a useful purpose or useful result in a diagnostic procedure or therapeutic intervention. The situation of a patient whose condition will not be improved by treatment or instances in which treatment preserves permanent unconsciousness or cannot end dependence on intensive medical care. (From Ann Intern Med 1990 Jun 15;112(12):949)Health Systems Agencies: Health planning and resources development agencies which function in each health service area of the United States (PL 93-641).Zoology: The study of animals - their morphology, growth, distribution, classification, and behavior.Scientific Misconduct: Intentional falsification of scientific data by presentation of fraudulent or incomplete or uncorroborated findings as scientific fact.Documentation: Systematic organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of specialized information, especially of a scientific or technical nature (From ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983). It often involves authenticating or validating information.School Admission Criteria: Requirements for the selection of students for admission to academic institutions.TriazolesHelsinki Declaration: An international agreement of the World Medical Association which offers guidelines for conducting experiments using human subjects. It was adopted in 1962 and revised by the 18th World Medical Assembly at Helsinki, Finland in 1964. Subsequent revisions were made in 1975, 1983, 1989, and 1996. (From Encyclopedia of Bioethics, rev ed, 1995)National Academy of Sciences (U.S.): A United States organization of distinguished scientists and engineers established for the purpose of investigating and reporting upon any subject of art or science as requested by any department of government. The National Research Council organized by NAS serves as the principal operating agency to stimulate and support research.National Cancer Institute (U.S.): Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. Through basic and clinical biomedical research and training, it conducts and supports research with the objective of cancer prevention, early stage identification and elimination. This Institute was established in 1937.Ethics: The philosophy or code pertaining to what is ideal in human character and conduct. Also, the field of study dealing with the principles of morality.Patient Selection: Criteria and standards used for the determination of the appropriateness of the inclusion of patients with specific conditions in proposed treatment plans and the criteria used for the inclusion of subjects in various clinical trials and other research protocols.Public Health: Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.
Animal experiments: conference report.(1/47)
(+info)Best practices for animal care committees and animal use oversight. (2/47)
Regulatory authorities around the world with oversight responsibility for the welfare of research animals have placed heavily reliance on local oversight committees. These animal care committees (ACCs) are part of an institutional animal welfare team that includes the institutional administration, principal investigators, attending veterinarian and animal care staff, as well as regulatory organizations and authorities. As a key component of this team, most ACCs function as an agent of the institution to ensure regulatory animal welfare compliance. Although regulatory testing involving animals presents some unique circumstances, the focus of all animal care committees is to minimize animal pain and distress. Federal requirements are often couched within a regulatory framework that is performance based and therefore very flexible. Thus, it is important for ACCs to establish very simple and specific institutional requirements and procedures and to work at promoting a broad understanding of them within their respective institutions. Experience suggests that ambiguity at the local level results in many unintended side effects and confusion. There are many "best practices" that can help the ACC promote institutional compliance and good animal welfare. These practices, although not universally appropriate for all institutions or activities, include ACC coordinator or administrator, designated protocol reviewer, alternate or duel ACC members, generic protocols and standard operating procedures, centralized controls and animal care facilities, conducting pilot studies, and ensuring the most humane endpoints. (+info)Ethical issues concerning animal research outside the laboratory. (3/47)
Unique ethical issues can be associated with research outside the customary laboratory setting. Protocols involving wild animals must consider that any infringement on the wild nature of the species can be disruptive and may involve pain, fear, anxiety, and frustration, all of which constitute ethical harm that must be balanced with anticipated benefit. Agricultural and companion animal research, however, take place in a human-engineered environment and involves domesticated species adapted to human contact. Special animal welfare issues can be related to agricultural production goals that fail to deal adequately with moral concerns. Human/companion animal relationships, on the other hand, present unique moral obligations to animal owners. Other factors may present additional ethical issues when research is performed outside the laboratory. These factors include a required sensitivity to the environment of wild animals and an awareness that this outside research may to quite public and, therefore, vulnerable to community perception. The institutional animal care and use committee(IACUC) has the responsibility to ensure that research in outside settings is ethical and properly implemented. This responsibility requires that IACUC members have knowledge of the needs of a wide range of species and that a process is in place to allow effective monitoring of research in remote locations. Finally, and most important, there must be a sensitivity to the unique ethical considerations outlined here. Armed with these strengths, the IACUC will be effective in what may be unfamiliar surroundings and will have a significant opportunity to cause improvements in animal welfare. (+info)Agricultural (nonbiomedical) animal research outside the laboratory: a review of guidelines for institutional animal care and use committees. (4/47)
Challenges and published guidelines associated with appropriate care and use of farm animals in agricultural research conducted outside the laboratory are briefly reviewed. The Animal Welfare Act (Title 9 of the 2000 Code of Federal Regulations), which regulates the care and use of agricultural animals in biomedical research, does not include livestock and poultry used in agricultural research. Farm animal research funded (and thereby regulated) by the US Public Health Service is further discussed in the National Research Council's 1996 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. However, neither of these guidelines adequately addresses the unique attributes of research and teaching designed to improve production agriculture. That information is contained in the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching (the Ag Guide), published by the Federation of Animal Science Societies in 1999. The Ag Guide provides excellent general recommendations for agricultural animal research. It serves as an invaluable resource for institutional animal care and use committees, which attempt to balance the welfare of farm animals and the needs of those working to improve animal agriculture. (+info)Does the Animal Welfare Act apply to free-ranging animals? (5/47)
Despite the long-standing role that institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) have played in reviewing and approving studies at academic institutions, compliance with the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is not always complete for government natural resource agencies that use free-ranging animals in research and management studies. Even at universities, IACUCs face uncertainties about what activities are covered and about how to judge proposed research on free-ranging animals. One reason for much of the confusion is the AWA vaguely worded exemption for "field studies." In particular, fish are problematic because of the AWA exclusion of poikilothermic animals. However, most university IACUCs review studies on all animals, and the Interagency Research Animal Committee (IRAC) has published the "IRAC Principles," which extend coverage to all vertebrates used by federal researchers. Despite this extended coverage, many scientists working on wild animals continue to view compliance with the AWA with little enthusiasm. IACUCs, IACUC veterinarians, wildlife veterinarians, and fish and wildlife biologists must learn to work together to comply with the law and to protect the privilege of using free-ranging animals in research. (+info)Opportunistic research and sampling combined with fisheries and wildlife management actions or crisis response. (6/47)
Currently most of the activities of state, federal, first nation, and private conservation agencies, including management of and field research on free-ranging wildlife, are not regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and thus not subject to National Institutes of Health guidelines or routine institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) review. However, every day thousands of fish and wildlife management activities occur across North America that provide an opportunity to take observations, measurements, biological specimens, or samples that may have research value. Most of these opportunities are secondary to ongoing and often mandated wildlife management or conservation actions. Strange as it may seem to the academic and research community, the full research potentials of these opportunities are rarely utilized. IACUCs and research institutions should strive to facilitate such research, which by its very nature is often more opportunistic than designed. They can do this by ensuring that their policies do not unnecessarily impede the rapid research responses needed, or over burden researchers with inappropriate reporting requirements designed for laboratory research. The most prominent reasons for failures to utilize wildlife research opportunities include lack of the following: personnel and expertise to collect and use the information; preparation for inevitable (or predictable) events (e.g., oil spills); resources to preserve and curate specimens; a mandate to conduct research; and recognition of the value in data or sample collection. IACUC support of open protocols and generic sampling plans can go a long way toward improving the development of useful knowledge from animals that will otherwise be lost. Opportunities to sample wildlife are categorized generally as dead sampling (road kill surveys, harvest sampling, lethal collection, and "die-offs"); live sampling (handling for marking, relocation or restocking; and captures for field or biological studies); and crisis response (e.g., population salvage operations or oil spills). Examples of the many unique situations in each category serve to illustrate how valuable research and sampling can be accomplished opportunistically. Several unique limitations of sample collection situation are described. It is recommended that IACUCs have mechanisms in place to facilitate good research in all of these circumstances. (+info)Fish research and the institutional animal care and use committee. (7/47)
Fish represent the most diverse group of animals in the vertebrate phylum. The more than 25,000 species are characterized by an array of anatomical, biochemical, physiological, and behavioral repertoires. For this reason, it is difficult to develop a comprehensive guideline on the care and use of fishes. Institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs) meet the challenge of ensuring adequate fish welfare using guidelines (Animal Welfare Act [AWA] and Public Health Service [PHS] Policy and their guides) derived mainly from the care and use of mammalian species, which may not be optimal for regulating fish research, teaching, or extension activities. Discussion focuses on various issues that often confront IACUCs in meeting regulatory requirements while assuring proper fish welfare. Issues include questions concerning animal tracking and inventory, utilization of fisheries bycatch, facility inspections in remote locations, and euthanasia. Common sense solutions appropriate for field and laboratory fish activities are suggested, which should help investigators, IACUCs, and regulatory agencies meet PHS and AWA objectives. (+info)Surgical implantation of transmitters into fish. (8/47)
Although the Animal Welfare Act does not cover poikilotherms, individual institutions and policies and legal requirements other than the Animal Welfare Act (e.g., the US Public Health Service and the Interagency Research Animal Committee's Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training) require the review of projects involving fish by institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs). IACUCs may, however, lack the knowledge and experience to evaluate fish projects judiciously, especially when the projects are in field settings. Surgeries involving implantation of transmitters and other instruments into the coelom, which now comprise a very common research tool in the study of free-ranging fishes, are examples of surgeries that use a broad spectrum of surgical and anesthetic techniques, some of which would not be considered acceptable for similar work on mammals. IACUCs should apply the standards they would expect to be used for surgeries on homeotherms to surgeries on fish. Surgeons should be carefully trained and experienced. Surgical instruments and transmitters should be sterile. Regulations and laws on the use of drugs in animals should be followed, particularly those concerned with anesthetics and antibiotics used on free-ranging fish. Exceptions to surgical procedures should be made only when circumstances are extreme enough to warrant the use of less than optimal procedures. (+info)NSPCA Cares about all Animals. Retrieved 2017-04-22. Chambers, Dave. "You're free to bring private prosecutions for animal ... A committee chaired by Mr. Justice Allen Linden of the Law Reform Commission of Canada produced a Working Paper on Private ... resulting in animal abusers not being charged on charges of animal cruelty. The Constitutional Court of South Africa also ruled ... The reason the NSPCA brought the case before the Courts is because despite "overwhelming" evidence of animal cruelty or abuse‚ ...
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- Every institution that uses animals for federally funded laboratory research must have an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). (wikipedia.org)
- Each local IACUC reviews research protocols and conducts evaluations of the institution's animal care and use, which includes the results of inspections of facilities that are required by law. (wikipedia.org)
- The term IACUC was formally introduced in 1986 with an amendment to the Animal Welfare Act and corresponding changes in PHS policy. (wikipedia.org)
- The IACUC must also include a veterinarian with training or experience with experimental animals, someone with no relation with the institution except for serving on the IACUC, a scientist with experience using experimental animals, and a nonscientist. (wikipedia.org)
- Each local IACUC reviews research protocols and conducts evaluations of the institution's animal care. (wikipedia.org)
- The IACUC reports to the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) annually, and is issued an animal welfare assurance number by OLAW without which no federally funded use of animals in research may occur. (wikipedia.org)
- The IACUC is required to report significant noncompliance with animal use protocols to OLAW, as well as IACUC actions taken to correct the noncompliance. (wikipedia.org)
- Each animal use protocol (AUP) must be reviewed by full IACUC committee each three years or more often. (wikipedia.org)
- Most funding agencies do NOT require IACUC approval of animal activities at the time of proposal, but rather at the time of award. (uaf.edu)
- Exceptions to this policy will only be allowed with approval from the animal facility manager and the IACUC. (uaf.edu)
- Each IACUC protocol specifies what will happen to the animals at the conclusion of the project. (uaf.edu)
- To ensure the humane care and treatment of all animals used in teaching and research at the university, the Nebraska Wesleyan University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees all animal teaching, research activities, laboratory training, and laboratory animal facilities. (nebrwesleyan.edu)
- The IACUC is authorized to suspend an activity involving animals in accordance with applicable policies and regulations. (nebrwesleyan.edu)
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees the University's animal care and use program and is responsible for reviewing all animal care applications using vertebrate animals, ensuring compliance with federal animal welfare regulations, inspecting animal facilities and investigator laboratories, investigating animal concerns, and overseeing training and educational programs. (unc.edu)
- The Grant Policy Statement requires the institution to verify, before award, that the institution's IACUC has reviewed and approved the animal work outlined in the proposal. (yu.edu)
- In particular, "It is an institutional responsibility to ensure that the description of animal studies included in the application is congruent with any corresponding protocol(s) approved by the IACUC. (yu.edu)
- The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) endorses the principle of the 3 R's of Russell and Burch: replacement, reduction, and refinement. (umt.edu)
- The IACUC may approve the transfer of animals from AUPs involving minimal potential for pain/distress, including breeding protocols, animals designated as "extras", or activities deemed to be so minimally invasive that transfer to another activity is considered an appropriate use of animal resources. (umt.edu)
- 4. The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) makes recommendations to the IO concerning the procedures involved in the OH&S program. (umt.edu)
- Tarleton State University's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees all aspects of Tarleton animal care and use programs for teaching, testing, and research. (tarleton.edu)
- The IACUC reviews all animal use protocols, ensures compliance with federal regulations, inspects animal facility and laboratories, and oversees training and educational programs. (tarleton.edu)
- The IACUC serves as a resource to faculty, investigators, technicians, students, staff, and administrators and provide guidance for all animal use procedures with the highest scientific, human, and ethical principles. (tarleton.edu)
- The IACUC makes semiannual inspections of all facilities, laboratories, and farms where animals are housed or utilized. (tarleton.edu)
- All animal research, teaching, and testing require the prior acquisition of an IACUC-approved AUP. (tarleton.edu)
- The agenda and animal use protocols to be reviewed by the full committee must be provided to the IACUC members 5 business days in advance of the meeting. (tarleton.edu)
- The Institutional Biosafety Committee has given the IACUC the authority to approve animal protocols involving human material provided the animals are housed and the experiment is conducted under BL2 containment conditions. (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- The University's IACUC reviews all proposals with animal studies to be carried out at Case Western Reserve. (case.edu)
- The mission of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is to ensure the humane care and use of animals in research and teaching and to ensure compliance with guidelines and regulations. (iastate.edu)
- The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) must approve any activities that involve the use of live vertebrate animals. (iastate.edu)
- Faculty are expected to obtain IACUC approval for these activities regardless of where the animals are maintained and/or the project is carried out. (iastate.edu)
- However, if a project is to be done at a site or in cooperation with an institution that has its own Animal Care and Use Committee, a copy of that committee's approved form may be submitted to the IACUC. (iastate.edu)
- IACUC approval is not required when all procedures are being carried out on tissues obtained from a slaughterhouse or from animals euthanized for another purpose. (iastate.edu)
- If, however, animals are procured and euthanized/slaughtered to obtain tissues for a particular project, that project must be approved by the IACUC. (iastate.edu)
- The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) comprises one part of Iowa State University's overarching Animal Care and Use Program. (iastate.edu)
- All projects (with or without external funding) which involve the use of vertebrate animals must undergo IACUC review and receive approval prior to initiation. (smcvt.edu)
- The IACUC will notify investigators and the institution in writing of its decision to approve or withhold approval of those activities related to the care and use of animals, or of modifications required to secure IACUC approval. (smcvt.edu)
- Use of all vertebrate animals is regulated and requires IACUC approval. (nus.edu.sg)
- Use of Invertebrates (except Cephalopods) is not regulated but must comply with IACUC policy on Use of Invertebrate Animals . (nus.edu.sg)
- Use of animal tissues does not require IACUC approval if the tissues are obtained from commercial sources or from the Tissue Sharing Programme. (nus.edu.sg)
- IACUC approval is required if animals are specifically euthanized for harvesting the tissues. (nus.edu.sg)
- Personnel shall not use any animal for any scientific purposes before full approval is given by the IACUC. (nus.edu.sg)
- Animal work may commence in the AVS-licensed animal facilities or IACUC approved laboratories/classroom when all the requirements above are fulfilled. (nus.edu.sg)
- In conducting all procedures on animals, the approved IACUC protocols have to be strictly adhered to. (nus.edu.sg)
- The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee ( IACUC ) is a self-regulating entity that, according to U.S. federal law, must be established by institutions using vertebrate animals in research, instructional, training, outreach and display projects. (cmich.edu)
- The overall role of the IACUC is to ensure the humane and sensitive care and use of animals. (cmich.edu)
- The IACUC is responsible for assuring that live vertebrate animals used in research, teaching, training, outreach projects are used and cared for in an ethical and humane manner and to ensure compliance with federally mandated rules and regulations. (cmich.edu)
- What regulations/guidelines are used by the IACUC to establish and improve Central Michigan University's Program of Animal Care and Use? (cmich.edu)
- Why is it necessary to have IACUC approval for animal use? (cmich.edu)
- The IACUC is charged with ensuring that the university adheres to the highest standards of ethical treatment of animals and that the university complies with federal regulations regarding the care and use of animals. (cmich.edu)
- In compliance with the PHS policy, CMU's IACUC oversees the use of all live vertebrate animal species regardless of inclusion or exclusion from the AWA and as a such, IACUC review and approval is required prior to initiation of all animal use activities. (cmich.edu)
- The IACUC has provided a set of guidance documents (Policies, Guidelines, and Informational Sheets) for use when planning animal procedures at the University of Iowa. (uiowa.edu)
- IACUC for Grinnell College reviews all college research including animal subjects. (grinnell.edu)
- Grinnell's IACUC page contains general IACUC information, animal research proposal forms, online ethics training tutorials and supplementary links for students and faculty. (grinnell.edu)
- the membership list of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee(s) (IACUC) established in accordance with the requirements set forth in IV.A.3. (rit.edu)
- These guidelines are intended for use by properly trained personnel listed on an IACUC-approved Animal Protocol who will be performing approved surgical procedures on rodent species, or assisting with those procedures. (uiowa.edu)
- Deviation from these guidelines must be described and justified in an IACUC-approved Animal Protocol. (uiowa.edu)
- The University of Vermont Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has an Assurance on file with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare in accordance with the PHS Policy. (uvm.edu)
- Assuring laboratory animal welfare necessitates a partnership among the Institutional Official (IO), the IACUC, the University Veterinarian and the investigators. (uvm.edu)
- 1. The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is the University s central review body for matters relating to the care, use and treatment of animals in these areas. (uvm.edu)
- The IACUC was established in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act and the Health Research Extension Act under the authority of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College to ensure the humane care and use of animals for research and education at the University under optimum conditions, which, at a minimum, comply with all pertinent laws. (uvm.edu)
- The IACUC is directly accountable to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. (wtamu.edu)
- MSU has established a number of programs to ensure compliance with policies and procedures such as the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), Office of Research Compliance (ORC), Institutional Review Board (IRB), Technology Transfer Office (TTO), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Radiation Safety Committee (RSC), Office of Legal Counsel, and MSU Biosafety Committee. (montana.edu)
- In general, the principles stipulate responsibilities of investigators, whose activities regarding use of animals are subject to oversight by an institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC). (nap.edu)
- Please see below for information regarding the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) for the fall 2019 semester. (ithaca.edu)
- Institutional Animal Care and Use (IACUC) Protocols for review at the Friday, September 6, 2019 meeting must be received by Thursday, August 29, 2019 by 5pm. (ithaca.edu)
- If you have questions about animal care and use policies, specific reviews, procedures, and all other technical matters, please contact iacuc@ithaca.edu . (ithaca.edu)
- No animal work can proceed until a protocol has received full Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval. (neomed.edu)
- You are involved in a project at another institution which involves vertebrates for which NEOMED provides no funding, no aspect of the animal research takes place at NEOMED, the animals are not owned by the University or a University-based investigator, and the project is reviewed by that institution's IACUC. (neomed.edu)
- Most importantly, research institutions are required - by law - to establish an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to oversee all work with animals. (fbresearch.org)
- Under the PHS policy, institutions must follow detailed animal care recommendations and establish an IACUC to ensure that all animals are treated responsibly and humanely. (fbresearch.org)
- Live animals - Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). (uh.edu)
- The use of biohazardous etiological agents, recombinant DNA, as well as human blood, tissues, body fluids, and primary cells or cell lines are reviewed by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (internal form OSA-11). (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- The use of human origin tissue or cells in animals does not require routine review by the Biosafety Committee unless known pathogenic organisms are associated with the specific materials. (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- They are also responsible for registering their project with the Institutional Biosafety Committee . (purdue.edu)
- Federal guidelines now require that anyone that uses any nucleus acids must register with the Biosafety Committee even if the research is at the BSL-1 level. (ithaca.edu)
- All faculty planning to conduct research or classroom activity involving any kind of nucleic acids, including genomes, plasmids, or short nucleic acid sequences, or any potentially bio-hazardous material, including pathogens, biological toxins, or human cells, tissues, organs or fluids must obtain prior approval from the Institutional Biosafety Committee before undertaking that activity. (ithaca.edu)
- Hazardous materials - Biosafety compliance and, if applicable, have protocol(s) reviewed and approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). (uh.edu)
- Consequently, a congruency review is required for all funding that uses live vertebrate animals to ensure that the work outlined in the proposal is supported by an active, approved protocol. (yu.edu)
- Personnel handling and/or conducting procedures on live vertebrate animals must be appropriately qualified and trained, prior to the start of any animal activity. (nus.edu.sg)
- All research, instructional, training, and outreach projects that involve the use of live vertebrate animals as well as any changes to previously approved projects, including the addition of new personnel, regardless of funding source or lack thereof. (cmich.edu)
- All faculty planning to conduct research or classroom activity involving live vertebrate animals for research and/or teaching must obtain prior approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee before undertaking that activity. (ithaca.edu)
- You plan to use live vertebrate animals for teaching, testing, or research at NEOMED. (neomed.edu)
- You submit a grant application that includes the use of live vertebrate animals. (neomed.edu)
- The VCR is the UAF Institutional Official charged with oversight of the animal care program. (uaf.edu)
- Depending on the agent to be used, the committee with oversight of the use of that agent will require a completed internal form, an informative abstract of the work to be done and a standard operating procedure for the use of the agent in animals. (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- Oversight of the Brock University Animal Care and Use Program is through the University Animal Care Committee(ACC). (brocku.ca)
- The AWA delegates regulatory oversight to the Animal Care Office within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). (wtamu.edu)
- UVM's Research Protections Office (RPO) is responsible for the review/oversight programs that support the institution's conduct of safe and ethically sound scientific research involving human participants, vertebrate animals and biohazards. (uvm.edu)
- This committee provides federally-mandated oversight of all activities that have a direct impact on the well-being of animals. (ithaca.edu)
- This committee provides federally-mandated oversight of activities that present risk of infection or illness in humans. (ithaca.edu)
- Oversight is essential for humane and responsible animal testing and research. (fbresearch.org)
- A comprehensive system of government oversight is in place to regulate the use of animals in testing and research. (fbresearch.org)
- To learn more about the oversight of animal testing and research, visit the National Association for Biomedical Research's website. (fbresearch.org)
- ORI in conjunction with EHSRM, the University of Alaska Statewide Office of Risk Management, UAF Animal Resources Center and in consultation with the university's contract health care provider has established a matrix for categorizing personnel working with live vertebrates. (uaf.edu)
- Second, the University's Animal Care Committee must approve the project. (mcgill.ca)
- Oversees and reviews all classroom and research projects involving the use of living vertebrate animals to ensure the humane care and use of animals in accordance with the Health Research Extension Act of 1985. (jmu.edu)
- The ACC oversees all teaching and research activities involving animals, develops standard operating procedures, guidelines in compliance with the CCAC and reviews all animal protocol applications, amendments and renewals. (brocku.ca)
- This committee oversees, inspects and monitors every study to help ensure optimal animal care. (fbresearch.org)
- The federal government's Canadian Council on Animal Care oversees every aspect of research involving animals. (mcgill.ca)
- The animal care committee was required to have five members with expertise to regulate animal welfare at that institution, including at least one veterinarian. (wikipedia.org)
- As the Attending Veterinarian for the Pittsburgh Facility for Infectious Disease Research from 1998-2001, Dr. Capuano provided veterinary care for a large colony of macaques (200) and acted as collaborator and co-investigator on numerous protocols involving a variety of infectious agents (e.g., simian immunodeficiency virus, human papillomavirus, human influenza virus, mycobacterium tuberculosis, listeria monocytogenes, pneumocystis carinii, and trypanosoma cruzi) and transgenic vectors. (nap.edu)
- As the Attending Veterinarian for the Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) from 2001-2005, Dr. Capuano was responsible for the daily clinical care of the animal colony of the MWRI (250 NHPs, 2,000 rodents) and provided experimental support for numerous investigators performing reproductive, stem cell, and cloning research at MWRI. (nap.edu)
- Further, each institution must establish an animal care and use committee that includes an outside member of the public and a veterinarian. (fbresearch.org)
- a) Each research facility must have an attending veterinarian who is required to provide adequate veterinary care to the facilities animals (Sect. (usda.gov)
- Cases evaluated as stable will be referred to the client's primary care veterinarian, other facilities, or other services within the MSU Hospital, if possible. (msu.edu)
- The use of radioisotopes in research is the responsibility of the Nonhuman Use Radiation Subcommittee, and use of irradiation, that of the Radiation Safety Committee (internal form, RO-13). (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- Thus catalyzed, and spurred by the efforts of Representative Joseph Y. Resnick, Congress created the Animal Welfare Act (1966), which named the USDA the responsible agency. (wikipedia.org)
- The use of animals in teaching and research at Nebraska Wesleyan University is conducted in accordance with the Guide For The Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 8th edition (pdf) and guidelines provided by the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare and USDA. (nebrwesleyan.edu)
- take corrective action and report to the funding agency, USDA, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), and the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC). (tarleton.edu)
- The Committee is regulated by the USDA under the Animal Welfare Act as documented in the Code of Federal Regulation Title 9, Subchapter A Parts 1, 2 and 3. (uvm.edu)
- The APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) is the agreement between West Texas A&M University and USDA. (wtamu.edu)
- The USDA Registration number for the WTAMU animal research facilities is 74-R-0206. (wtamu.edu)
- Evidence must be provided that rodent tissue have been MAP tested or otherwise proven to be free of adventitious pathogens which could pose a threat to other animals in the colony and/or your plan for maintaining adequate isolation indicated. (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- Other UAF personnel who may reasonably be expected to come in contact with vertebrate animals (live or dead), their viable tissues, body fluids or wastes (some personnel in facilities management, security, custodial services). (uaf.edu)
- All carcasses and waste tissues from animals in UAF Animal Facilities MUST be incinerated. (uaf.edu)
- Specimens of animal origin, especially cell lines, tumors or tissues from rodents, must be clearly defined and identified as to source. (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- If you are working with any live animal or animal tissues/specimens, you are required to enroll in the Occupational Health Program. (utk.edu)
- Wear gloves when handling animals, animal tissues, body fluids and waste and wash hands after contact. (wsu.edu)
- The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is a national organization with a mandate to set standards for the care and use of animals in research in Canada. (queensu.ca)
- The goal of the CCAC guidelines is to strive for best research practices and optimal conditions for the animals, through constant improvement as new information on animal well-being and health becomes available. (queensu.ca)
- The ACC bears the responsibility of ensuring that all animal-based science performed at Brock is conducted in accordance with best of class practices in Canada and internationally, and at minimum the policies and guidelines of the CCAC as amended from time to time. (brocku.ca)
- In order to maintain Good Animal Practice (GAP) certification, the Animal Care and Use Program is assessed regularly by the CCAC every three to five years and Brock must comply by responding to CCAC recommendations. (brocku.ca)
- But before scientists at McGill are allowed to employ animals in research, they must follow what are called the "Three Rs" as established by the federal government's Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) . (mcgill.ca)
- The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is a Canadian organization that is responsible for "setting and maintaining standards for the care and use of animals in science" within the country. (wikipedia.org)
- Canadian Council on Animal Care, Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals The CCAC uses assessment panels, which meet with personnel from research institutions such as colleges and universities, to evaluate animal care and use within the facilities. (wikipedia.org)
- The care and use of animals for research and teaching in NUS is bound by the Singapore Animals and Birds Act, Animals and Birds (Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes) Rules 2004, and is carried out in accordance with the National Advisory Committee for Laboratory Animal Research (NACLAR) Guidelines . (nus.edu.sg)
- The training course on "Responsible Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" offered by Comparative Medicine (CM) meets all the requirements for training as set forth in the Guidelines. (nus.edu.sg)
- The purpose of these guidelines is to describe appropriate analgesia regimens for the management of pain in animals used in teaching, research and testing at the University of Iowa. (uiowa.edu)
- 1998. Guidelines for the capture, handling, and care of mammals as approved by the American Society of Mammalogists. (springer.com)
- If you are involved with the use of genetically modified or cloned animals, you may have been using the Guidelines for the generation, breeding, care and use of genetically modified and cloned animals for scientific purposes (2007) (the GM Guidelines). (nhmrc.gov.au)
- Many of the recommendations in the GM Guidelines have been incorporated into the 8th edition of the Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (2013) (the Code). (nhmrc.gov.au)
- A link to federal guidelines can be found on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee website. (ithaca.edu)
- It inspects all animal facilities, reviews the work of university committees, reviews research projects and reviews institutional policies every three years. (mcgill.ca)
- Initially, The Vertebrate Animal Section and the Approach part of the Research Strategy Section are the areas of the grant to be compared with the protocol. (yu.edu)
- Use the links to apply for a Tarleton Animal Use Protocol (AUP) . (tarleton.edu)
- The Infection Control Committee must receive and review the research protocol, containing information on the proposed transport route, containment and environmental changes before it will approve any protocol. (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- Investigators must complete the Animal Use Protocol application or an Animal Products Form (if the project does not require live animals. (smcvt.edu)
- Completion of an Animal Use Protocol Amendment Form (LINK TO PDF FORM HERE) is required. (smcvt.edu)
- During the anesthetic recovery period, the animal should be in a clean, dry area where it can be observed as appropriate, and as specified in the approved protocol. (k-state.edu)
- Is it a serious matter that someone is taking part in a project utlizing live animals and they are not listed on the approved protocol? (cmich.edu)
- An exception to a Guideline must be described and justified in the Animal Protocol and approved during the normal review process. (uiowa.edu)
- If analgesia cannot be provided due to scientific reasons, the rationale should be described and approved in the Animal Protocol. (uiowa.edu)
- other analgesic agents may be listed and used in an Animal Protocol. (uiowa.edu)
- Use of silk sutures for skin closures must be described and scientifically justified in the Animal Protocol. (uiowa.edu)
- This program has annually scheduled on-site visits from members of the ACC during the first year of an animal protocol. (brocku.ca)
- When is an Animal Use Protocol Required? (neomed.edu)
- Each research institution will feature an animal care committee responsible for implementing a comprehensive animal care and use program that meets the national standards. (queensu.ca)
- The appointed members must be qualified to regulate animal care at that institution. (wikipedia.org)
- 1. The institution is responsible for providing an occupational health and safety program (OH&S) for the animal care and use program. (umt.edu)
- Each institution that receives PHS support for activities involving vertebrate animals or is subject to the authority of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) must operate an animal care and use program with clear lines of authority and responsibility. (smcvt.edu)
- No activity involving animals may be conducted or supported by the PHS until the institution conducting the activity has provided a written Assurance acceptable to the PHS, setting forth compliance with this Policy. (rit.edu)
- Ultimately, accountability for assuring humane care and use of the animals resides with the institution, but this may only be achieved when all the constituents contribute to this shared goal. (uvm.edu)
- You receive funding administered by the University for studies of live vertebrates at another institution (i.e., the animals are owned by NEOMED or a University-based investigator). (neomed.edu)
- Adequate Veterinary Care is usually determined as what is currently the accepted professional practice or treatment for that particular circumstance or condition. (usda.gov)
- Training in the care and use of animals is a required element of UAF's Assurance of Compliance with Public Health Service Policy on the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Assurance), on file with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW). (uaf.edu)
- Assurances shall be submitted to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health. (rit.edu)
- All Assurances submitted to the PHS in accordance with this Policy will be evaluated by OLAW to determine the adequacy of the institution's proposed program for the care and use of animals in PHS-conducted or supported activities. (rit.edu)
- The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) provides guidance and interpretation of the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, supports educational programs, and monitors compliance with the Policy by Assured institutions and PHS funding components to ensure the humane care and use of animals in PHS-supported research, testing, and training, thereby contributing to the quality of PHS-supported activities. (wtamu.edu)
- Review, at least once every six months, Tarleton's program for humane care and use of animals, using the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals as a basis for evaluation. (tarleton.edu)
- The University of Vermont is committed to the humane care and use of animals in activities related to research, testing and teaching. (uvm.edu)
- An important component of post-surgical care is observation of the animal and documentation of its recovery from anesthesia and major surgery. (k-state.edu)
- Monitoring and documentation of post-surgical recovery must be done until the animal is fully recovered from the anesthesia. (k-state.edu)
- It also requires the use of anesthesia or analgesic drugs for potentially painful procedures and during post-operative care. (fbresearch.org)
- Recommendations in the Guide are based on published data, scientific principles, expert opinion, and experience with methods and practices that have proved to be con-sistent with both high-quality research and humane animal care and use. (wtamu.edu)
- The 3Rs means reducing the number of animals needed in any given study, replacing animals with other models whenever possible and refining procedures to involve the fewest number of animals while still giving valid results. (fbresearch.org)
- According to the NRC Guide, 8th Edition, "Reduction involves strategies for obtaining comparable levels of information from the use of fewer animals or for maximizing the information obtained from a given number of animals without increasing pain or distress. (umt.edu)
- After anesthetic recovery, further monitoring for pain and distress will occur using the Animal Monitoring Plan (AMP) and the Animal Observation Record (AOR). (k-state.edu)
- The committee recommends a maximum of four surgeries per frog: three survival surgeries plus one non-survival surgery (limited to 2 surgeries per side of frog) to minimize the distress experienced by any individual frog. (k-state.edu)
- The vast majority of biomedical research does not result in significant discomfort or distress for research animals. (mcgill.ca)
- The committee consists of faculty and employees of Saint Michael's College as well as members of the greater community. (smcvt.edu)
- There is a representation on the ACC from faculty, the community, student body, and animal care staff(veterinary and technical). (brocku.ca)
- There is representation on the ACC from faculty, the community, the student body and Animal Care Services (veterinary and animal care staff). (brocku.ca)
- Core faculty and the staff of the African Studies Center and elect Advisory Committee members for two-year terms. (msu.edu)
- In order for Brock University to ensure optimal health and well-being for animals used in animal-based science, the Program supports all activities of the Brock University Animal Care Committee (ACC). (brocku.ca)
- In 1971, the Animal Welfare Act was revised, and compliance by institutions could be achieved through an animal care committee or via AAALAC accreditation. (wikipedia.org)
- The purpose of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (the Guide ), as expressed in the charge to the Committee for the Update of the Guide , is to assist institutions in caring for and using animals in ways judged to be scientifically, technically, and humanely appropriate. (wtamu.edu)
- The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Act requires that all institutions receiving research funds from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration or the Centers for Disease Control, adhere to the standards set out in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. (fbresearch.org)
- WASHINGTON -- The National Research Council today released an updated edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals , which recommends standards and practices to research scientists and their institutions for the humane care and treatment of animals in research, testing, or teaching. (nationalacademies.org)
- Rat Bite Fever caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus is a bacterial infection of rodents that is transmitted through bites, scratches, direct contact with animals and their urine, saliva and feces or ingestion of contaminated food or water. (wsu.edu)
- Fish and rodents, usually mice or rats, account for more than 83% per cent of the animals used in research and are bred specifically for research purposes. (mcgill.ca)
- Approximately 20-30 percent of individuals working with laboratory animals will develop an allergic reaction to animal proteins and 5 -10 percent of individuals will develop asthma. (wsu.edu)
- Access the Office of Animal Resources website at Thomas Jefferson University. (kimmelcancercenter.org)
- William T. Hornaday was the park's first director and curator of all 185 animals when the park was first opened and took office on May 6, 1889. (wikipedia.org)
- Theresa Colecchia of the Office of General Counsel has joined the committee revising the Commercialization of Inventions Through Independent Companies policy. (pitt.edu)
- The Patent Policy committee is developing a draft which would provide the Office of Technology Management with sufficient funds from patent proceeds to support the Office as well as cover legal costs for investigating and developing patents. (pitt.edu)
- The best-known residents are the giant pandas , but the zoo is also home to birds , great apes , big cats , Asian elephants , insects , amphibians , reptiles , aquatic animals , small mammals and many more. (wikipedia.org)
- Full time, part time, and temporary personnel involved in animal care in UAF units that house animals for research and teaching. (uaf.edu)
- The participant is responsible for updating the Personnel Information on file with any changes in job or task or changes in animal contact or exposure to hazardous agents. (uaf.edu)
- UAF personnel may not purchase animals for use in research or teaching activities from pet stores. (uaf.edu)
- 3. All new classified Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) personnel are required to have pre-employment medical surveillance evaluation. (umt.edu)
- Review and investigate legitimate concerns involving the care and use of animals at the research facility resulting from public complaints and from reports of non-compliance received from facility personnel or employees. (tarleton.edu)
- All personnel with laboratory animal contact are required to participate in the OSHE Occupational Health (OH) Programme to determine the appropriate medical surveillance, vaccinations and personnel protective equipment (PPE). (nus.edu.sg)
- Dr. Joe Newsome, Director of the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR), conducted a slide presentation giving an overview of the current status/responsibilities of the DLAR as well as what he envisions as DLAR s role in the future. (pitt.edu)
- Concerns regarding the welfare or ethical treatment of the animals? (tarleton.edu)
- There will be a Animal Care Advisory Committee Meeting on September 18, 2019 at 12:30 pm. (cctexas.com)
- There will be a Island Strategic Action Committee Meeting on September 19, 2019 at 4:00 pm. (cctexas.com)
- Once any required safety trainings are complete and recommendations from the contract health care provider have been completed (or the individual provides justification for exclusion from certain recommendations), the participant and their supervisor are notified that he/she may begin work with live vertebrates. (uaf.edu)
- The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals requires that "an occupational health program must be part of the overall animal care and use program. (umt.edu)
- He is also the Director of the current ACLAM-accredited Laboratory Animal Medicine Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served for several years on the Board of Directors of the Association of Primate Veterinarians (President 2006-2007). (nap.edu)
- The Brock Animal Care and Use Program has a crisis management plan. (brocku.ca)
- The University s Animal Care and Use Program is fully accredited by AAALAC International. (uvm.edu)
- An innovative three-year PharmD program designed for the expanding pharmacist role in patient care. (mcw.edu)
- conduct forums, as appropriate, on the needs for uses of and policies pertaining to research using animals. (etsu.edu)
- Conduct of experimentation on living animals only by or under the close supervision of qualified and experienced persons. (nap.edu)
- Its goal is to prevent harmful conduct on animals. (wikipedia.org)
- those employees engaged in the design, conduct, or reporting of research, or who serve on a research-related committee, must submit a disclosure statement for all interests. (utmb.edu)