ANIMAL RESOURCES IMPROVEMENT: PHASE II

奥尔巴尼医学院的动物资源设施目前正在 需要翻新地板，搬迁接待区，额外 检疫设施、换笼设备和病原体搬运设备 免费啮齿动物，以及开发鼠类收容设施的设备 暴露在化学、辐射和微生物生物危害中。美国农业部--APHIS 在以前的现场访问中注意到地板的缺陷。因为 地板问题的长期性，我们建议更换现有地板 在大多数动物房间、外科套房和笼子洗涤区都有高 高性能聚合物地板。我们建议把我们的接收区迁到一个 具有直接外部接入的位置，从而改善了接收 处理和隔离程序。一个隔离设施将被设置在 与接收区相邻。换笼用层流柜 要求允许在层流柜子下更换鼠笼 在目前没有配备该设备的啮齿动物SPF房间中，但 都配有索伦通风的啮齿动物住房机架。生物安全 IIB级机柜，带HEPA过滤和警报的索伦通风机架 系统，并要求便携式床上用品更换站提供 为涉及使用生物危害的资助项目提供设备。便携的 此外，更换床上用品站亦会用作倾倒啮齿动物床上用品。 降低接触啮齿动物过敏原的风险。

The Animal Resources Facility at Albany Medical College currently is in need of flooring renovations, relocation of receiving area, additional quarantine facilities, equipment for cage changing and handling pathogen free rodents, and equipment for developing a facility for housing rodents exposed to chemical, radiation, and microbial biohazards. The USDA-APHIS noted flooring deficiencies during previous site visits. Because of the chronicity of the flooring problems, we propose replacing existing floors in most of the animal rooms, surgical suite, and cage wash area with a high performance polymer floor. We propose relocating our receiving area to a location with direct outside access, thereby improving the receiving process and quarantining program. A quarantine facility will be located adjacent to the receiving area. Laminar flow cabinets for cage changing are requested to permit rodent cage changing under a laminar flow cabinet in rodent SPF rooms that currently are not equipped with this equipment but are equipped with Thoren ventilated rodent housing racks. A biosafety level IIB cabinet, a Thoren ventilated rack with HEPA filtration and alarm system, and a portable bedding changing station is requested to provide equipment for funded projects involving the use of biohazards. The portable bedding changing station will also be used for rodent bedding dumping to reduce the risk of exposure to rodent allergens.