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Response to Protocol Review Scenario: Add Bryant to the protocol

Lab Animal volume 44, pages 295–296 (2015)Cite this article

The need for Bryant to be present in the vivarium to collect samples is not clearly justified in this scenario. Perhaps facility access for this collaborator is a matter of convenience for the research team rather than a scientific imperative. But denying animal facility access to a research team member would not promote a welcoming environment for investigators at Great Eastern, and we wouldn't recommend that option. Although our ultimate goal would be to grant Chambers' request, we share the veterinarian's concerns about a person who is not a university employee and not included on an IACUC-approved protocol working in the animal facility. We suggest that Bryant be included on the protocol and that his inclusion be approved by the Great Eastern IACUC.

A number of issues come into focus when considering animal facility access for an individual who has not been through the IACUC protocol approval process: occupational health and safety risks, a possible lack of adequate training in animal care and use and the potential for noncompliance to occur.

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  1. Institute for Laboratory Animal Research. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 8th edn. (National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2011).

  2. Animal Welfare Act Regulations. 9 CFR. Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart C.

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  1. Behnke is Program Manager, University Research Compliance Office, Bloomberg is Biocontainment Clinical Veterinarian, Comparative Medicine Group and Olson is Assistant Director/Clinical Veterinarian, Comparative Medicine Group at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.,

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Behnke, M., Bloomberg, B. & Olson, S. Response to Protocol Review Scenario: Add Bryant to the protocol. Lab Anim 44, 295–296 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban.822

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