List of UTAARC Standard Operating Procedures for Research Personnel

  1. Aeseptic Surgical Technique - Required procedures for performance of surgery at UTARC.
  2. Animal Floorspace - Space requirements and allowable numbers of animals per cage.
  3. Sick Animal Reporting Procedure- Animal health reporting
  4. Animal Shipment SOP - How to ship animals
  5. Cage Identification SOP - How to properly identify animal cages
  6. "Clean-Dirty" Concept - ARC infection control procedures
  7. Custodial Services - What you can expect of the custodians who take care of your laboratory
  8. DEA Licenses - Online form for controlled substance license
  9. Disposal of Animals - Procedure for disposing of animal carcasses
  10. Research Protocol SOP - Guide to the process of obtaining approval to use animals for research at the University of Texas
  11. Viral Screening Program - Procedure for determining the presence of common rodent viruses in ARC rodent colonies
  12. Mouse breeding & overcrowding policy – Policy on overcrowding and breeding in mouse cages.
  13. Rat room checklist
  14. Mouse room checklist

 

 

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