Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Welcome to the UMBC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) web site.  The purpose of this site is to provide information about the university’s animal research care and use program while facilitating access to regulations, policies, procedures, and forms related to research involving animals.

FAQs           Contact           Forms     

Regulations/Policy    Reading/Resources      Training      

Click any of the below quick links to access the appropriate section of  IACUC Policy Procedure guidebook, the UMBC investigator’s manual for conducting animal research. To review or search for other topics in the Procedure guidebook, please click here. 

           Protocol Development

 

             Schedule of Meetings                                             Protocol Submission, Review & Approval    

             Federal Laws & Principles                                      Sponsored Programs review of grants

             Veterinary Medical Services                                    Animal Purchase/Care Costs

             Animal Housing                                                      Considering Animal Alternatives

             Surgical Survival Procedures

            

            Special Topics

      

             Euthanasia                                                            Occupational Safety and Health       

             Reporting Concerns Regarding Care                         Prolonged Restraint Policy

             Suspensions/Appeals of Decisions                           Experiments Involving Biohazards      

             Common Drugs Used for Anesthetics and Analgesics used in Laboratory Animals

             Guidelines for Aseptic Surgery on Rodents               Blood Collection

             Handling Common Laboratory Species                     Fluid and Drug Administration

             Antimicrobial Drug Dosages for Laboratory Animals

             Standard Immunization Methodology

 

           Post Approval Administration

 

           Modifications & Amendments                                  Annual Review/3 Year Renewals                      

           Protocol Monitoring (coming soon)

                                         

Didn’t find what you needed? Contact the HARPO staff at HARPO@umbc.edu or Instant Message to AIM Screen name HARPO246

Last updated 04/28/2008

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