EXPANSION OF THE RRF CAGE WASH FACILITY

乔治城大学建立了一个集中的动物护理和使用 该计划以研究资源机构(RRF)为基础。RRF 是一家最先进的AAALAC认证机构，支持 生物医学研究和教育。乔治敦大学也扩大了规模 RRF的专业工作人员，现在包括三名全职人员 兽医，三名全职有执照的兽医技术员和一名全职- 时间建筑工程师。在乔治敦大学的支持和指导下 大学动物保护和利用委员会(GUACUC)在 动物护理和使用计划的积极监督者，乔治敦大学的承诺 动物研究已成为其生物医学研究的关键组成部分 程序。 最近，生物医学研究在 乔治敦大学。自1986财年以来，NIH支持的赠款和 合同增加了一倍多。与此平行的是， 动物研究，如RRF目前工作在90%以上 容量。由于越来越多的动物研究活动，乔治敦大学 目前正在设计一个RRF扩展项目，该项目将提供两倍的 现有的动物和研究支持空间。一旦完成，扩展后的 RRF仍将是一个单一的、集中在一个层面的设施。但是，由 RRF的规模翻了一番，显然会有更多的服务 对现有中央区域储备基金支援设施的需求，特别是 笼子清洗设施。RRF现有的笼子清洗设施正在运行 大约80%的产能是在RRF重建时重建的机器 原来的建筑，已经变得越来越失灵。它 据估计，扩大后的RRF的笼子清洗负荷可能会增加一倍 因此超过了RRF目前的能力，可以保留笼子和设备 打扫。这将危及乔治敦大学的质量 动物保护和使用计划。 这项建议的具体目标是增加笼子的清洗 通过实际扩建现有的RRF笼式洗涤设施的容量 通过购买新的和更大的笼式清洗设备，可以减少现有设施的成本。 扩建后的笼子清洗设施将保留RRF的受限/一般 接入走廊系统，将提供更高效的集中式 笼子清洁功能的资源。一旦完成，新的RRF笼子 洗涤设施将能够处理当前负荷的两倍。这个项目 是跟上乔治敦大学不断增长的步伐的必要和及时的 动物研究活动，同时保持其AAALAC认证地位 以及它对联邦法律和政策的遵守情况。

Georgetown University has established a centralized animal care and use program which is based in the Research Resources Facility (RRF). The RRF is a state-of-the-art AAALAC accredited facility which supports both biomedical research and education. Georgetown University also has expanded the RRF's professional staff which now includes three full-time veterinarians, three full-time licensed veterinary technicians, and a full- time building engineer. With the support and guidance of the Georgetown University Animal Care and Use Committee (GUACUC) which serves at the active overseer of the animal care and use program, Georgetown's commitment of animal research has become a key component to its biomedical research program. Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in biomedical research at Georgetown. Since FY 1986, the amount of NIH supported grants and contracts has more than doubled. Parallel to this has been an increase in animal research such that the RRF currently is working at over 90% capacity. Because of the increasing animal research activity, Georgetown is now designing an RRF expansion project which will provide a doubling of existing animal and research support space. Once completed, the expanded RRF will remain a single, centralized facility on one level. However, by doubling the size of the RRF, there clearly will be an increased service demand upon existing centralized RRF support facilities, particularly the cage wash facility. The RRF's existing cage wash facility is working at about 80% capacity with machinery that was rebuild at the time of the RRF's original construction and which has become increasingly dysfunctional. It is estimated that the cage washing load for the expanded RRF may double and therefore exceed the RRF's current capacity to keep cages and equipment clean. This will jeopardize the quality of the Georgetown University animal care and use program. The specific goal of this proposal is to increase the cage cleaning capacity of the existing RRF's cage wash facility by physically expanding the existing facility and by purchasing new and larger cage wash equipment. The expanded cage wash facility will preserve the RRF's restricted/general access corridor system and will provide a more efficient centralized resource for cage cleaning functions. Once completed, the new RRF cage wash facility will be able to handle double the current load. This project is essential and timely to keep pace with Georgetown University's growing animal research activity while maintaining its AAALAC accreditation status and its compliance with federal laws and policies.