FSU ACUC Guidelines and Policies

Euthanasia

• CO2 Euthanasia of Rodents
• Rodent Decapitation

Surgery

• Peri-operative Records
• Rodent Tail Biopsy
• Sterilized Materials
• Survival Rodent Surgery *NEW*
• Use of Hot Bead Sterilizers and ‘Tips Only’ Technique *NEW*

Occupational Health and Safety

• Hazard Identification and Risk Mitigation
• MS222 Safety
• Standards for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use in Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) Maintained Facilities

Training

• Training and Occupational Health and Safety Requirements for Visitors to LAR-Maintained Facilities
• Training Requirements for Research Personnel

Husbandry

• Investigator Maintained Animals Husbandry Standard Operating Procedure
• Mouse Cage Density
• Rat Cage Density
• Rodent Enrichment
• Sanitation Effectiveness of Investigator Maintained Hand-Sanitized Equipment

Veterinary Care

• Laboratory Prepared and Mixed, Diluted, and Repackaged Substances
• Reporting Adverse Events and Unexpected Outcomes
• Reuse of Animals
• Use of Non Pharmaceutical Grade Compounds in Research Animals

General

• Filming and Photography in Laboratory Animal Resources Maintained Facilities
• Guidelines for Handling Reports of Non-Compliance *NEW*
• Guidelines on Restricted Entry into Animal Holding and Procedure Rooms
• Physical Restraint of Research Animals