IMPROVEMENT OF PRIMATE CLINICAL CARE FACILITY

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 关于艾滋病 慢性病研究一直是，也将继续是国家卫生研究院(NIH)支持的SNPRC研究计划的一个重要和资金充足的组成部分。慢性病研究的持续成功有赖于继续提供高质量的临床护理；然而，研究人员研究支持和动物利用的增长已经限制了为NHP提供必要的临床护理和支持的能力。本申请申请资金用于改善现有的动物护理设施，以实现以下长期目标：1)更新和扩大研究所的能力，为治疗NHP，特别是正在积极参与或将被扣留用于未来研究的NHP提供临床护理；2)为翻修后的治疗室配备提供高质量动物护理所需的额外检查台、轮床、手推车和程序灯；3)通过采购数字X光设备来提升研究所的放射成像能力；以及4)使设施符合国家研究理事会(NRC)目前对动物护理区域通风的建议。拟议的改建和翻新将补救目前空间利用和交通流动效率低下的问题，并将利用获得的空间来创造更大的处理区。将利用所需设备扩大临床程序能力并使其现代化，并将在临床区附近建立一个重症监护区。目前毗邻诊所的一个办公空间将搬迁到远离动物保育区的地方。最后，供暖、通风和空调(HVAC)系统将被100%提供新鲜空气的系统取代。拟议翻修的最终结果是使老年设施现代化，并增加提供高质量动物护理的机构能力。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Regarding AIDS Research on chronic diseases has been and will continue to be an important and well-funded component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research program at the SNPRC. The ongoing success of chronic disease research is dependent upon the continued provision of high-quality clinical care; however, growth in investigator research support and animal utilization has taxed ability to provide necessary clinical care and support for NHPs. This application requests funding to improve existing animal care facilities to fulfill the following long-term objectives: 1) to modernize and expand the Institution's capacity for providing clinical care for treating NHPs, especially baboons, that are active participants in or are being held for future research protocols; 2) to equip the renovated treatment rooms with additional examination tables, gurneys, carts, and procedure lights which are needed to provide high-quality animal care; 3) to upgrade the Institution's radiographic capabilities by acquisition of digital x-ray equipment; and 4) to bring the facilities into compliance with current National Research Council (NRC) ventilation recommendations for animal care areas. The proposed alteration and renovation will remediate current inefficiencies of space utilization and traffic movement and will utilize the space gained to create a larger treatment area. Clinical procedure capabilities will be expanded and modernized with needed equipment, and a critical care area will be established adjacent to the clinic area. An office space currently adjacent to the clinic will be relocated away from animal care areas. Finally, the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system will be replaced with a system that supplies 100 percent fresh air. The net result of the proposed renovations is to modernize aged facilities and to increase institutional capacity for provision of high-quality animal care.