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Facilities Safety

Animal-Derived Substances and IBC Approval: Answering Questions About Swine and Ruminant Materials

Research that involves certain types of animal-derived substances – including materials from swine and ruminants – requires advance approval from the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).  This requirement applies to research with tissues, fluids, and/or cells from: Expand each section below for answers to several frequently asked questions. The IBC requires Biosafety Level 2 (BSL2) precautions ...
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2022 LARCC Program Enrollment Begins Soon

The Laboratory Animal Research Coordinator Certification (LARCC) Program, which offers a unique opportunity to engage in the Animal Care & Use (ACU) Program through education and networking, will begin enrolling its third cohort soon. Established in 2019, this 10-week program consists of weekly 4-hour class sessions led by leadership and experts from the ACU Program ...
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Tools & Resources to Protect Your Valuable Mouse Strains

Sperm cryopreservation is exceptionally valuable and should be a standard practice to regularly and routinely protect your research, specifically valuable mouse strains that may be extremely rare or unique, including transgenic lines.  There are many programs and services available, both at the U-M and beyond, to help you preserve these critical research resources: Questions? If ...
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Facilities Safety

Units Partner to Streamline, Strengthen Research Safety Processes

To continue strengthening laboratory and research safety across the University of Michigan, Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) is partnering with the U-M Research and Academic Safety Committee to develop and implement a new phase of its research safety initiative. The new phase of the initiative known as “Safety First, Safety Every Day” is launching in ...
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Guidelines

Are Your Equipment Sanitization Processes Validated and Up to Date?

To help Principal Investigators (PIs) and their labs remain consistent with the guidance for equipment cleaning, sanitization, and testing outlined by the Guide for the Care & Use of Laboratory Animals, the Animal Care & Use Program has an established set of guidelines to formalize the cleaning process for all equipment that does not go ...
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Virtual Office Hours Provide Quick, On-Demand Assistance

Have you ever been working on your animal use protocol and had a quick question about how to proceed with a specific task? Members of the Animal Care & Use Office (ACUO) Team are now offering virtual, on-demand office hours for the U-M research community to drop in (via Zoom) and ask questions about protocol ...
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Drugs Guidelines

Changes to Buprenorphine Dosing in Mice and Rats

October 2023 Update – Ethiqa XR® Storage & Use: Fidelis Pharmaceuticals, the company that produces Ethiqa XR®, the first FDA-indexed extended-release buprenorphine formulation specifically for mice and rats, recently announced a change to the drug’s storage requirements. Previously, once broached, each vial had to be discarded at 56 days. The company has now collected sufficient ...
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ULAM

On-Demand Resources from Winter 2022 Vet Check-In Meetings Now Available

To help keep the research community apprised of important updates and changes impacting animal care and use at the University of Michigan, ULAM Faculty Veterinarians hosted virtual Vet Check-In Meetings in January 2022.  If you were unable to attend a meeting and would like to learn more about what was discussed, meeting resources are now ...
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Controlled Substances Drugs

DEA Registrants: Be on Alert for Increased Scamming Attempts

In the past few weeks, several Michigan Medicine physicians and faculty members have received phone calls from individuals pretending to be Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents. Using publicly available data such as an individual’s name, National Provider Identifier numbers, and state license numbers, these telephone scammers have targeted U-M faculty with active DEA registrations and ...
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Controlled Substances Drugs

Do You Know What to Do if the State of Michigan or DEA Show Up?

The State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) may visit campus for announced site visits OR unannounced inspections of ANY DEA registrant and their lab(s). LARA and DEA representatives MUST be escorted by a U-M Controlled Substance (CS) Monitor or alternate U-M ...
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