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Office of Animal Care and Use
Phone: (919) 966-5569
Fax: (919) 966-8429
CB 7193
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7193
iacuc@med.unc.edu
Yes. Please use ACAP.
No. Each species must be covered under a separate application.
Title/Funding Changes for applications refer only to applications in which the animal related procedures are identical to the original application. Use the Title and/or Funding Agency Change Form located on the IACUC web page under IACUC Forms. Insert the ID# of the originally approved application. The title of the Project should be the new title (for title changes). It is imperative that you insert the ID# so that the IACUC will be able to determine from which approved application the title or funding change originates.
NOTE: No additional animals are approved for Title/Funding changes. The renewal date will remain the same as the original protocol approval date.
A-3410-01.
In Bioinformatics Building located on Mason Farm Road directly behind the employee parking deck.
Please see Reporting Animal Mistreatment or Noncompliance.
You must have an Animal Care Application reviewed and approved by the IACUC. This Application is in effect for three years and must be reviewed annually.
You must take the online IACUC and DLAM Orientation sessions every three years which will familiarize animal users with University's animal use program.You must first complete the Research Registration Profile.
All individuals who handle or who are exposed to animals must complete the UNC Employee Occupational Health Clinic Research Animal Handlers & Animal Caretakers Medical History Form. The University's Employee Occupational Health Clinic staff reviews this form. They may schedule further medical screening and annual updates of the form depending on your animal contact.
Note: Application approval will be held until all lab personnel are in compliance with these requirements.
See also: Online Orientation.
An application is initially reviewed by the full committee and approved for a period of three years. You must renew your Application annually. The IACUC office will send you a memo and an Annual Review of the Application to Use Animals form when your application is due for an annual review.
At the end of the third year of approval, you must submit a complete new Animal Use Application, if you wish to continue the project.
See also: IACUC Forms.
Submit an amendment form detailing the approved protocol ID number and the proposed changes to the IACUC office. Minor changes that can be handled in the form of an amendment are the following: an increase in animal numbers, or minor changes in the scope of the project. If changes are significant, the IACUC will require resubmission of the Animal Use Application. Major changes in the application include species change, large changes in animal number, and major procedural changes.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has created the University Employees Occupational Health Clinic (UEOHC). This program is designed to provide individuals who contact animals with access to trained medical personnel. When you submit your Animal Use Application, each person listed on the application who handles animals or comes in contact with animal allergens must also submit a completed UEOHC Research Animal Handlers & Animal Caretakers medical history registration form. This form is included in the IACUC Online Orientation. After the IACUC staff confirms the completion of the form and records it on the IACUC database, the form is forwarded to the UEOHC. The UEOHC staff will review this form and may schedule further medical screening depending on the degree of your animal contact. In addition, each person's medical history is reviewed annually by UEOHC personnel. Please inform the IACUC Office if individuals listed on the application do not handle animals. Only individuals who handle animals should complete the UEOHC animal handler form.
See also: UEOHC Animal Handlers Form. Log onto Animal Research Registration page. Go to Animal Handler Profile to update form.
If chemicals, radiation, or biohazards are used or described within the Animal use Application, complete the appropriate "Use of Hazardous Materials in Laboratory Animals" form and submit it with the Animal Use Application. Department of Environment Health and Safety representatives will review the hazard form. Contact 966-3111 DLAM regarding reservation of isolation cubical space.
See also: Hazard Forms.
UNC's Animal Welfare Assurance Number is A3410-01. The Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) accredits all animal facilities. The last re-accreditation was June 2008. Our USDA registration number is 55-R-004.
With an approved Animal use Application you may submit an animal order to DLAM, the purchaser of research animals for the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Orders must be submitted on an Animal Order Form and sent to DLAM by Monday noon for delivery the next week. For more details regarding animal ordering, contact 843-9249.