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Response to Protocol Review Scenario: Should no good deed go unpunished?

Lab Animal volume 40, pages 338–339 (2011)Cite this article

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Stein took action to make a bad situation with aggressive mice better. She did this with the best intentions and with genuine concern for animals. Should the IACUC deal aggressively with her noncompliance? Or should this good deed go unpunished?

Stein anesthetized an injured animal, enucleated one eye and treated that animal appropriately. Only then did she contact the weekend call veterinarian. She had the expertise and approval to anesthetize mice and treat wounds, just not under these circumstances. After the fact, the veterinarian agreed in principle with the treatment. However, the injuries were not so severe that immediate treatment precluded veterinary consultation.

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  2. Public Health Service. Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Section IV, B, 4: Functions of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. (US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, 1986, amended 2002).

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  1. Nelson is Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN.,

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Nelson, R. Response to Protocol Review Scenario: Should no good deed go unpunished?. Lab Anim 40, 338–339 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban1111-338b

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