Policies and Procedures

Cal Poly Pomona Policies/Guidelines Related to the Use of Laboratory 

• Animal Care and Use Handbook (rev. 2020) 
• Animal Disposition (revised 15 July 2015)
• Animal Transportation Guidelines (revised 23 September 2014)
• Privately-owned animals on campus, including use in classroom studies (approved 14 August 2007) 
• Conditions under which the teaching lab in Building 92 can be used as a temporary holding facility (approved 3 March 2008)
• IACUC Guideline on the use and euthanasia procedures of chicken/avian embryos (approved 9 February 2012)
• Controlled substances: Regulations and Records (a PowerPoint prepared by Dr. James C. Alderson; 11 March 2013)
• Surgical Instrument Sterilization SOP (a document prepared by David Patterson; 19 March 2015) 
• Guideline on the use of MS-222 (tricaine methanesulfonate) (a document revised by Dr. James C. Alderson and David Patterson; approved 6 May 2015)

• Reporting of Animal Welfare Concern and other Non-Compliance Investigations

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee AWA A3344-01 Expiration 12/31/2023

Institutional Biosafety Committee

The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) provides guidance to University researchers who use Biologics, Infectious Agents, and Recombinant DNA within the scope of their work.

https://www.cpp.edu/ehs/portals/biosafety/ibc.shtml

CPP Whistleblower Policy

The University and its administrators have made significant efforts to assure proper treatment of animals. Situations may arise for various reasons that deviate from approved protocols and campus policy. If you have been unsuccessful in speaking with the persons involved, please take your care and concerns to the appropriate responsible persons.

• CPP Whistleblower Document

PHS (US Public Health Service) Policies and Documents

• What Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals (PDF) - a brochure from OLAW intended to communicate to investigators their responsibilities under PHS Grants Policy and PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PDF) - the 2015 revision reflecting the adoption of the 8th edition of the Guide, implementation of the 2013 edition of the AVMA guidelines on euthanasia, and the requirement for PHS-assured institutions to comply with applicable USDA regulations

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Policies and Documents

• Animal Welfare Regulations (AWR)- 2017 edition 
• USDA Policy 11/12, addressing the requirement to do literature searches for protocols involving pain and distress

Alternatives to the Use of Laboratory Animal

• 3Rs Alternatives: Technologies, and Approaches- provides options to minimize animal pain and distress via alternatives
• Alternatives and Searching the Literature for Animal Research- UC Davis Library
• Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)

Safety While Using Animals

• General disaster plan applying to the lab animal facilities  (version 20 January 2015)
• Anesthetic Gases: Guidelines for Workplace Exposures- OHSA
• ACLAM Guidelines on Rodent and Rabbit Pain
• Rabbit Handling
• Guidelines for Use of Live Amphibians and Reptiles in Field and Laboratory Research (second edition ­revised by Herpetological Animal Care and Use Committee [HACC]
• Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching is a publication of  the Federation of Animal Science Societies 
•  AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals
• Procedures with Care
• Interagency Collaborative Animal Research Education (ICARE)
• Have safe fun with herps!

Helpful Links 

• U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration
• The Design and Statistical Analysis of Animal Experiments