AN ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR THE CARE...LAB ANIMALS

美国实验室认可协会 动物护理（AAALAC）正在申请为期五年的资金 提供部分核心支助并保持 其被广泛接受的实验动物认证计划 护理和使用方案。 协会成员由 26个（赞助）组织，所有这些组织都广泛 公认的科学社会。 每个成员组织 任命一名代表参加AAALAC董事会 这是该组织的理事机构。 的标准 认证程序是文件“指南的照顾 和实验室动物的使用，”DHHS，（NIH）85-23。 其他 参考文件包括以ILAR物种为导向的“指南” 文件和适当的政府出版物。 截至 1986年4月1日，有508个认可的申请。 这 所要求的财政支持将有助于维持 扩大方案，以容纳更多的 被认为非常可取的认可申请 被生物医学科学界所认可。 一个主要目标是将护理和保健服务提高到最佳水平， 在生物医学研究中使用实验动物。 一旦这个 第二个主要目标是保持 水平 第三个目标是提供一种遵守 经修订的《公约》机构地位要求的第一类 公共卫生服务政策中的人文关怀与利用 获奖机构的实验动物。 《动物福利法》（PL 94 -279，1976年4月22日修订） 概述了适当护理和人类健康的法律的要求， 实验室动物的治疗。 (NIH制定了政策， 将评估他们自己的动物设施， 维护可接受的护理、使用和 动物的待遇）。 NIH受资助者和承包商必须 提供遵守本政策的证据。 之一 提供保证的方法是由公认的 实验动物尸体。AAALAC是一个 被广泛认可为专业的实验动物认证机构 身体 阿拉伯马格里布和拉丁美洲及加勒比区域办事处正在将其办事处迁往 华盛顿，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.