ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR THE CARE OF LAB ANIMALS

美国实验室认可协会 爱护动物协会(AAALAC)正在申请为期五年的资金 提供部分核心支持并保持下列各项连续性的期限 其被广泛接受的实验动物认证计划 关爱和使用计划。协会成员由 在26个(赞助)组织中，所有这些组织都广泛 公认的科学协会。各成员组织 任命一名代表加入AAALAC董事会 它是本组织的管理机构。《标准》 认证计划是《护理指南》文件 和使用实验动物，《国土安全部》(NIH)85-23。 参考文件包括ILAR以物种为导向的“指南” 文件和适当的政府出版物。自.起 1986年4月1日，获得认可的申请有508份。这 所要求的财政支持将有助于保持廉洁 在计划的扩展中，以适应更多的 被认为非常可取的认证请求 由生物医学科学界提出。 一个主要目标是将护理和护理提高到最佳水平 在生物医学研究中使用实验室动物。一旦这一次 达到最佳状态第二个主要目标是保持 水平。第三个目标是提供一种手段来遵守 经修订的《机构地位要求》的第一类 人文关怀与利用中的公共卫生服务政策 由Awardee机构提供的实验动物。 《动物福利法》(PL94-279,1976年4月22日修订) 概述了适当护理和人类的法律要求 对实验动物的待遇。(NIH已经制定了政策，即 将评估他们自己的动物设施关于 维护可接受的护理、使用和 对该等动物的治疗。)NIH的受赠人和承包商必须 提供遵守本政策的证据。其中一个 提供保证的方法是由公认的 实验动物认证机构。AAALAC是一个组织 被公认为专业的实验动物认证机构 尸体。 AAALAC正在将其办事处迁往 华盛顿特区地区并招聘一名执行董事。

The American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) is requesting funding for a five year period to provide partial core support and retain the continuity of its widely accepted program of accreditation of laboratory animal care and use programs. The Association membership is composed of 26 (sponsoring) organizations, all of which are widely recognized scientific societies. Each member organization appoints a representative to the AAALAC Board of Trustees which is the governing body of the organization. The Standard for the accreditation program is the document "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals," DHHS, (NIH) 85-23. Other reference documents include ILAR species orientated "guidelines" documents and appropriate Government publications. As of April 1, 1986 there were 508 accredited applications. This requested financial support will assist in maintaining the integrity of and in expansion of the program to accommodate additional requests for accreditation which are considered highly desirable by the biomedical scientific community. A major objective is to improve to an optimum level the care and use of laboratory animals in biomedical research. Once this optimum is reached a second major objective is to maintain that level. A third objective is to provided a means to comply with Category I of the Institutional Status requirement of the revised Public Health Service Policy in Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by Awardee Institutions. The Animal Welfare Act (PL94-279, April 22, 1976 as amended) outlines legal requirements for the proper care and human treatment of laboratory animals. (NIH has established policy that will evaluate their own animal facilities in regard to the maintenance of acceptable standards for the care, use, and treatment of such animal.) NIH Grantees and Contractors must provide evidence of compliance with this policy. One of the methods of providing assurance is accreditation by a recognized laboratory animal accrediting body. AAALAC is a organization widely recognized as a professional laboratory animal accrediting body. AAALAC is in the process of relocating its offices to the Washington, D.C. area and recruiting an Executive Director.