ANIMAL RESOURCE IMPROVEMENT GRANT

本申请所要求的资金将用于改善 为医学心理学系服务的程序/测试室， 神经外科 历史上，医疗中心允许 医学研究人员在动物身上进行研究程序， 研究实验室。 在OHSU，程序/测试室必须符合 与动物饲养室相同的动物护理标准。 无论动物 在《指南》中规定的标准中， 《实验动物护理和使用及动物福利法》必须 强制执行。 一些医学心理学和神经外科手术室 位于中心设施动物饲养区的二楼; 然而，两个程序的大小和第二个程序的有限空间 楼层限制可以分配给 程序/测试室。 为了节省研究者的时间和精力， 程序/测试室最好位于靠近 研究人员的实验室和动物饲养室。 在OHSU， 中心动物机构和研究者实验室位于 医学研究大楼。 这种紧密的联系使人们可以轻松地进入 动物护理人员监测和照顾动物。 本补助金提案中要求的资金将用于资助医疗机构， 心理学和神经外科手术/测试室，以满足 《动物保护法》和《动物福利法》的规定。 2,068 sq.英尺的 医学研究中心七楼的程序/测试室 建筑将通过增加实心天花板，新的荧光灯， 铺上环氧树脂地板粉刷墙壁 OHSU动物 护理设施是AAALAC认证的;然而，26岁的 设施需要不断翻新，以充分保持物理 实验室设备维护和使用指南中描述的设备标准 动物 经过十年的翻新计划， 现时的设施将符合《指南》的标准， 为动物和动物护理人员提供舒适安全的环境 在未来生活和工作。

The funds requested in this application will be used to improve the procedure/testing rooms which serve the Medical Psychology Department and the Department of Neurosurgery. Historically, medical centers have allowed medical researchers to perform research procedures on animals in the research laboratories. At OHSU, the procedure/testing rooms must meet the same animal care standards as the animal holding rooms. Wherever animals are housed, observed, or tested, the standards set forth in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and Animal Welfare Act must be enforced. Some Medical Psychology and Neurosurgery procedure rooms are located on the second floor in central facility animal holding area; however, the size of the two programs and the limited space on the second floor restricts the number of holding rooms that can be assigned to procedure/testing rooms. To conserve investigator time and effort, the procedure/testing rooms are best located in close proximity to the investigator's laboratories and the animal holding rooms. At OHSU both the Central Animal Facility and the investigator's laboratories are located in the Medical Research Building. This close proximity allows easy access for the animal care staff to monitor and care for the animals. The funds requested in this grant proposal would refurbish the Medical Psychology and the Neurosurgery procedural/testing rooms to meet the standards of the Guide and the Animal Welfare Act. The 2,068 sq. ft. of procedure/testing rooms on the seventh floor of the Medical Research Building will be improved by adding solid ceilings, new fluorescent lights, an epoxy-resin floor covering, and painting the walls. The OHSU animal care facilities are AAALAC accredited; however, the twenty six year old facility requires continual renovation to adequately maintain the physical plant standards described in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Following the ten year renovation program, the completely renovated animal facilities will now meet the standard of the Guide and provide a comfortable and safe environment for both animals and animal care personnel to live and work in the future.