Modernization of Cage Washing Equipment for The Natural Science Center's Vivarium to Jointly Support Multi-Disciplinary Research and Georgia State University Sustainability Initiatives

项目总结： 这一要求的目的是使生物医学动物内的笼子清洗设施现代化 支持美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究和格拉斯哥州立大学的转基因和基因靶向的研究机构 核心。这个笼子清洗设施支持一个附属的动物设施，以及即将推出的 卫星ABSL3动物设施，在给定的时间平均可容纳约1200个笼子。笼子 位于该设施内的洗衣机已经过时，正在努力保持所需的速度 由于建筑和设施的限制而进行的人口普查。通过更换这台机器，用更实用的 高效的机器，笼式清洗设施将能够使吞吐量翻两番。这将允许 工作人员更有效率地工作，以支持研究需要并确保所有项目 及时进行适当的卫生和去污。预计周期时间为 从目前的每次加载35分钟减少到每次加载8分钟。此外，这一新的 机器将大大减少我们的公用事业消耗，这将支持GSU 可持续发展计划，以减少我们整个校园的环境影响。用水量将 随着新洗衣机从150加仑/次降至仅13加仑/次，降幅超过90% 每个周期。这笔赠款还将资助一台床上用品自动售货机，以帮助笼子清洗人员确保所有 笼子是以统一的方式制作的，同时也为它们提供过敏原和人体工程学 伤害保护。个别通风笼子内的床铺水平会影响室内空气状况。 凯奇。拥有自动分配器将确保笼子均匀地放置在床上，并具有 在一项研究中，所有时间都有类似的情况。这两个列出的项目都将对GSU的 使命提供受控和清洁的环境，支持有意义的、可翻译的 和可重复的研究。

Project Summary: The aim of this request is to modernize the cage wash facility within a biomedical animal research facility that supports NIH funded research and GSU’s Transgenic and Gene Targeting Core. This cage wash facility supports an attached animal facility, along with an upcoming satellite ABSL3 animal facility, that averages around 1,200 cages at a given time. The cage washer located within this facility is outdate and struggles to maintain the pace needed for this census due to building and utility limitations. Through replacing this machine, with a more utility efficient machine, the cage wash facility will be able to quadruple the throughput. This will allow the staff to work more efficiently in order to support the research needs and to ensure all items are sanitized and decontaminated properly in a timely fashion. Cycle times are predicted to be reduced from the current 35 minutes per load to 8 minutes per load. Additionally, this new machine will decrease our utility consumption immensely, which will support GSU’s sustainability initiatives to decrease our environmental impact across campus. Water usage will decrease over 90% with the new washer going from 150 gallons per cycle to a mere 13 gallons per cycle. This grant will also fund a bedding dispenser to help the cage wash staff ensure all cages are made in a uniform fashion, while also providing them with allergen and ergonomic injury protection. Bedding levels in individual ventilated cages can affect air conditions within the cage. Having an automated dispenser will ensure that cages are bedded uniformly and have similar conditions at all times across a study. Both of these listed items will contribute to GSU’s mission to provide a controlled and clean environment that supports meaningful, translatable and reproducible research.