1) Animal Use
Protocol (s): Before preparing your animal use
protocol, you might be interested in reviewing the pamphlet What Investigators Need to Know About Animal Use (NIH
Publication No. 05-6009). Also, please note that you my submit your
initial submission by e-mail: iacuc@einstein.yu.edu.
a) Regular
Animal Use Protocol Form -A SEPARATE PROTOCOL IS REQUIRED FOR EACH
SPECIES
b) Breeding Animal
Use Protocol - For breeding and production of animals for colony
maintenance and distribution ONLY. Any experiments to be performed on
these animals MUST be described separate in the "Regular Animal Use
Protocol" (above).
c) Contract Antibody Services Protocol
2) Modifications
to Animal Use Protocol Form:
a) Modification to
Add Personnel – This form is only to add new personnel. NOTE: If you are trying to add a High School Student to a protocol, prior to
preparing modification, please see Institutional Biosaftey Committee's "GUIDELINES for MINORS WORKING in LABORATORIES". To remove personnel, please send a letter or an
e-mail to the IACUC.
b) Modification to Add and/or Change Procedures, Animals drugs,
etc. to an Approved Animal Use Protocol. NOTE: Do not use to add laboratory personnel.
c) Modification to Add Services from Einstein's MicroPET Core
Facility. NOTE: Prior
to using this form, please be sure that you have first contacted Einstein's MicroPET Core Facility
3) Additional
Sheets and Appendices to be attached to protocol or modifications:
a) Appendix 1
b) Appendix 2
c) Appendix 3
d) Appendix 4
e) Appendix 5
f) Appendix 6
g) Appendix 7
h) Appendix 8
i) Additional Sheet to Attach
to Modification to Add Personnel
4) List of Hazardoos
Agents (along with SOP) – Referred
to in Appendix 8
5) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Forms – Referred to in Appendix 8
a) Animal Biosafety SOP Level 1
b) Animal Biosafety SOP Level 2
c) Animal Biosafety SOP Level 3
d) Chemical Hazard SOP Level 1
e) Chemical Hazard SOP Level 2
f) Radiation Safety SOP Level 1A
g) Radiation Safety SOP Level 1B
h) Radiation Safety SOP Level 2
6) Hazard Signs – Referred to Appendix 8
a) Biohazard Sign ABSL1
b) Biohazard Sign ABSL2
c) Biohazard Sign ABSL3
d) Chemical Hazard Sign CSL1
e) Chemical Hazard Sign CSL2
f) Radioactive Material Sign RSL1A
g) Radioactive Material Sign RSL1B
h) Radioactive Material Sign RSL2
7) Links to
Assist in Providing Explanation of Animal Numbers in Tabular Form and
Calculating Animal Numbers:
a) Examples of Tables to Include for Explanation of Animal
Numbers
b) http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/VassarStats.html
c) http://home.clara.net/sisa/samsize.htm
d) http://hedwig.mgh.harvard.edu/sample_size/size.html
8) Forms to
Attach to Grant Submissions: If
you have any questions regarding grants and/or which form to attach to the
grant, please contact the IACUC Administrator, Dr. Jorge Larocca, at
718.839.7152.
a) "IACUC
Grant Application Page"
– This form is required for new grants and resubmissions routed to the IACUC.
The grant must be marked “Pending” and the IACUC will authorize
submission of the grant.
b) "Animal
Use Assurance Statement" (AA-1 Form) – This form may be used
for renewals, continuations, and revisions/supplementals. However please note
the following: If you check items 3A-E “NO”, the grant does not have to be
routed to the IACUC. If you check "YES" to any item under 3, then the
grant must be routed to the IACUC. The grant will be marked "Pending"
and the IAUC will authorize submission of the grant.
9)Additional
Forms/Links:
a) Safety Bulletin and Attachments for
Research Animals in the MicroPET Facility