{"id":101338,"date":"2019-08-14T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T19:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=101338"},"modified":"2019-08-14T09:12:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T19:12:22","slug":"laboratory-animal-care-reaccreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/14\/laboratory-animal-care-reaccreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> awarded laboratory animal care reaccreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> again received full accreditation by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care<\/a> (AAALAC<\/abbr>) International on July 26, 2019. AAALAC<\/abbr> accreditation identifies UH<\/abbr> as a top research institution that puts care and use of animals in its research and teaching as a top priority.<\/p>\n

“I was pleased by AAALAC<\/abbr>\u2019s commendations of Sylvia Kond<\/strong>o and her team for providing and maintaining a high-quality program of laboratory animal care and use,” said Office of Research Compliance Director Victoria Rivera<\/strong>. “The accreditation team found that UH<\/abbr>\u2019s institutional support of the program was especially noteworthy, which serves as a validation of our team\u2019s hard work and dedication to meet AAALAC<\/abbr>\u2019s rigorous criteria.”<\/p>\n

In addition to assuring the public that research animals at UH<\/abbr> receive the utmost care while contributing to experimental research and education, the accreditation enables UH<\/abbr> to utilize evolving best practices to continuously evaluate and improve the program.<\/p>\n

Other institutions that have also earned AAALAC<\/abbr> accreditation include the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, the American Red Cross and the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care accreditation identifies Â鶹´«Ã½as a top research institution that puts care and use of animals in its research and teaching as a top priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[947],"class_list":["post-101338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t