Addition of a Dry Heat Sterilizer in the Cancer Genetics Research Center Animal F

描述（由申请人提供）：佛罗里达大学继续改善和集中其动物资源计划，为科学探究提供最佳环境，为实验室动物提供优质护理，效率和安全的工作环境。我们建议在癌症遗传学研究中心（CGRC）动物设施中安装干热灭菌器，以提供冗余并扩大我们在CGRC动物设施中处理啮齿动物笼的灭菌能力。该设施容纳了佛罗里达大学的大部分小鼠箱，其中包括集中啮齿动物繁殖设施和我们的转基因核心中的小鼠。选择干热灭菌器的原因如下：（1）成本低， 与蒸汽高压釜相比，安装时间短;（2）维护成本低;（3）添加到空间的热负荷和水分最小;以及（4）与蒸汽高压釜相比，使用更少的能量和（5）不用水。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Florida continues to improve and centralize its animal resource program to provide the best possible environment for scientific inquiry, quality care to laboratory animals, efficiency, and a safe work environment. We propose installing a dry heat sterilizer in the Cancer Genetics Research Center (CGRC) animal facility to provide redundancy and to expand our sterilization capacity for processing rodent cages in CGRC animal facility. This facility houses the majority of the mouse boxes at the University of Florida, which includes mice housed in the centralized rodent breeding facility and our transgenic core. A dry heat sterilizer was selected for the following reasons: (1) Less cost to and time to install than the steam autoclave; (2) less expensive to maintain; (3) minimal heat load and moisture added to the space; and (4) uses less energy and (5) no water when compared to a steam autoclave.