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Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee is a federally mandated committee that oversees the Children’s National animal program, facilities, and procedures. USDA and PHS require institutions using animals to appoint an IACUC and charges the IACUC with specific responsibilities to develop and oversee the institutions standards for care and use of animals in research. Members of the IACUC include scientists, non-scientists, and other unaffiliated residents of the community. To ensure compliance with all regulations, policies and standards that protect animal welfare, IACUC members review all approval requests for the use of vertebrate animals. The IACUC also conducts inspections of all areas where animals are housed and used, reviews the institutional program for animal use, and reports its findings to the CRI director twice per year.
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