{"id":161908,"date":"2022-07-13T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=161908"},"modified":"2022-07-12T14:57:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T00:57:44","slug":"laboratory-animal-care-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/13\/laboratory-animal-care-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> laboratory animal care commended, fully accredited"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> once again received full accreditation by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care<\/a> (AAALAC<\/abbr>) International in June 2022—recognizing UH<\/abbr> as a top research institution that puts care and use of animals used in its research and teaching as a top priority.<\/p>\n

The AAALAC<\/abbr> report, covering a recent site visit to UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s John A<\/abbr>. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> and the UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/a>, commends UH<\/abbr> for providing and maintaining excellent laboratory animal care and use. The report found especially noteworthy: UH<\/abbr>\u2019s well-trained and dedicated animal care and veterinary staff; the engaged and knowledgeable Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC<\/abbr>); the positive and supportive relationship among the animal care staff, veterinary personnel and research teams; and the veterinary staff\u2019s effective and thorough training program for research personnel.<\/p>\n

“I was extremely pleased by AAALAC<\/abbr>\u2019s praise of our veterinary and IACUC<\/abbr> teams for providing and maintaining a high quality program of laboratory animal care and use at UH<\/abbr>,” said Office of Research Compliance Director Victoria Rivera<\/strong>. “The continuation of our accreditation validates the hard work and dedication put forth by both teams to meet AAALAC<\/abbr>\u2019s rigorous criteria.”<\/p>\n

In addition to assuring the public that research animals at Â鶹´«Ã½receive 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<\/abbr>. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, The American Red Cross and the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The report commends UH<\/abbr> for providing and maintaining excellent laboratory animal care and use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[683,31,1467,1363,169,947],"class_list":["post-161908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-accreditation","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-manoa-research","tag-uh-cancer-center","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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t