Look here to find an index of resources (FAQs, guidance, articles, and webinars) relating to different aspects of the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, organized by topic.


Animal Use and Management
 

 

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Adoption

Alternatives to animals

Animal numbers

Animal reuse

Animal transfer

Emergency, weekend, and holiday care

Environmental enrichment

Ethics

Euthanasia methods

Expired materials

Food/fluid regulation

Housing practices/construction

Mouse ascites

Multiple survival surgeries

Non-pharmaceutical-grade substances

Shipping

Surgery

Animal Welfare Assurances
 
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Distribution within institution

 

Foreign Assurances

  • NOT-OD-13-096. Implementation of the Revised International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals
  • NOT-OD-12-081. Change in Criteria for Renewal of Animal Welfare Assurances for Foreign Institutions
  • NOT-OD-10-083. Update of Sample Animal Welfare Assurance for Foreign Institutions

 

Sample Assurance document

Terms & conditions

Veterinary care

Applicability of the PHS Policy
 

 

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Animal tissue or materials

Amphibians and fish

Clinical studies

Custom services

Embryonated eggs

Field studies

Non-PHS funded activities

Privately owned animals

IACUC Composition, Functions and Authority
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Alternate members

Attendance

Authority

Change in scope

Composition

Confidentiality

Electronic communications

Financial compensation

Institutional Officials

Membership

Minutes

Nonscientific and Nonaffiliated members

Quorum

Review of concerns

Suspensions

Institutional Reporting to OLAW
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Annual Reports

Departures

Freedom of Information Act - FOIA

Minority Views

Reporting Noncompliance

Sanctions & Suspensions

 

Institutional Responsibilities
 
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Administrative organization

Agricultural animals

Animal activism

Appointment of IACUC

Compliance

Cost

Disaster plans & emergencies

IO vs. CEO

Occupational health & safety

Pandemic (COVID-19)

Important: COVID-19 specific text no longer represents current NIH policy. Pandemic information in place prior to the end of the public health emergency is maintained for historical purposes only. Please refer to current guidance and FAQs on disaster preparedness and emergencies.

Performance standards

Post-approval monitoring

Training of staff

Policy and Regulation
Program Review & Inspection of Facilities
 
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  NOT-OD-23-129. Guidance on Flexibilities for Conducting Semiannual Program Review

AAALAC evaluations

Deficiencies

Field sites

Laboratory inspections

Physical plant

Standard operating procedures

Protocol Review
 
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Approval date

Approval of extensions

Approval methods

Collaborating institutions

Conditional approvals

Conflict of interest

DMR & FCR

Foreign-derived samples

Foreign institutions

Frequency of review

Grant review

Humane endpoints

Nonresearch activities

Nontraditional species

Pilot studies

PIs

3 R's

Review criteria

Scientific merit

Significant changes

SOPs

Time of grant award

Unapproved work

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