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This tutorial is for new animal care and use committee members, institutional administrators, investigators, animal care personnel, veterinarians, and others who are interested in learning about the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Policy).
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- Introduction
- Documents Relevant to the PHS Policy
- Terms and Concepts
- Program of Animal Care and Use
- The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
- Responsibilities
- Membership
- Semiannual Program Reviews And Facility Inspections
- Semiannual Report to the Institutional Official
- Protocol Review
- Postapproval Monitoring
- Addressing Animal Welfare Concerns
- Suspension of Animal Activities
- Reports and Recordkeeping
- Glossary and Resources
List of acronyms used throughout this tutorial and links to additional resources.
Note: Some of the links in these files are to documents that reside on servers outside the NIH.
The NIH is not responsible for the accuracy or content of documents that do not reside on NIH servers.
Comments and suggestions about these sample documents are welcome and should be sent to olawdpe@mail.nih.gov