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FOR IACUC MEMBERS
So You Want To Use Animals at Marquette University:
Requirements for Review
The Marquette University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) have requirements for protocol review. Please click here to review the requirements
before a protocol is submitted.
Protocol Review Process for New Protocols
- As a new animals user you will need to complete the IACUC Protocol Review Form
completely and submit to IACUC@marquette.edu. - When submitted new protocols will be reviewed at a monthly IACUC meeting.
- All IACUC members will be provided with the protocol prior to the meeting.
- IACUC members reviewing and voting on the protocol must have no conflict of interest with the protocol.
- The Principal Investigator (PI) is encouraged to attend the meeting to answer questions, but will leave the room for the vote regarding his/her protocol.
- If deemed helpful, non-voting consultants may be used in the review process.
- A primary reviewer will be assigned to each protocol.
- The primary reviewer will be responsible for presenting the protocol at the IACUC meeting.
- Prior to the meeting, the primary reviewer may contact the PI to seek clarification and have questions answered regarding the protocol.
- Upon completion of review of the protocol at the IACUC meeting, there will be a motion to approve, disapprove, or approve with contingencies. Also, any protocol with requested modifications is then either sent to a Designated reviewer or can be requested to be brought back to full committee review. It will be the PI's responsibility to complete the list of modifications/suggestions that were made to the protocol by the IACUC members.
- A majority of the convened quorum voting in favor of the motion will pass the motion.
- Protocols will then be approved for one year starting with the date of approval.
Hazardouse Chemical use in Animals
If your proposed animal protocol project intilizes any of the following you must complete Appendix J of the Animal Care and Use Protocol Form.
- Isoflurane, formaldehyde, MS-222, BrdU, ether, DMSO, ect.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive. Contact Environmental Health and Safety for questions on proposed substances and their hazards.
Directions for Appendix J and standard SOPs
Marquette University Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) has generated (4) standard SOP’s for the most used hazardous chemical agents in the Animal Resource Center and the PI’s labs/research areas. If you plan on using any of the listed chemicals and will be using the standard SOP set by EHS please indicate this by checking the appropriate box.
or
If you will be modifying the standard SOP for your experiments, indicate this by checking the appropriate box. The SOP will need to be adjusted and then sent to EHS for approval. The IACUC cannot approve the protocol until the adjusted SOP has been approved by the Director of EHS.
or
If a hazardous chemical(s) will be utilized that is not listed below, check the “other/not listed” and provide the names of the chemicals in the blank table below and complete the Use of Hazardous Material in Animal Research Form for each chemical. The form will need to be sent to EHS for approval. The IACUC cannot approve the protocol until the Hazardous Material form has been approved by the Director of EHS.
- DMSO - Marquette Standard Hazardous Use SOP
- Formaldehyde - Marquette Standard Hazardous Use SOP
- MS 222 - Marquette Standard Hazardous Use SOP
- Isoflurane - Marquette Standard Hazardous Use SOP
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