Consensus Study Report
Federal law now requires that institutions provide training for anyone caring for or using laboratory animals. This volume provides the guidelines and resources needed to coordinate a quality training program, as well as to meet all legal requirements.
A core module for all personnel takes no more than four hours to present. Most staff then proceed to one or more additional skills-development modules including the species-specific module that can be customized to any species in use at the institution, the pain management module, and the surgery module.
The volume provides content information for required topics—from ethics to record keeping—and lists sources of additional publications, audiovisual programs, and computerized teaching aids.
Included are:
This practical guidebook will be necessary for research institutions, particularly for staff members responsible for training coordination.
152 pages
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8.5 x 11
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paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-04382-4
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-57463-3
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17226/1592
National Research Council. 1991. Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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