Responsible Care and Use of Laboratory Animals Course

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Responsible Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Course
Jointly Organized by SingHeatlh, Department of
Experimental Surgery, SGH and SGH-IACUC
4 August 2005, (Thursday) 8.00 a.m. - 5.15
p.m. Clinical Skills Laboratory, Dept of
Experimental Surgery, SGH Course Fee (GST
inclusive)- 157.50 (SingHealth Staff) 262.50
(non-SingHealth)
Introduction This course is a regulatory
requirement and meets the training guidelines of
the National Advisory Committee for Laboratory
Animal Research (NACLAR) in Singapore. The course
addresses the needs of principal investigators,
researchers, clinician scientists, medical
technologists and all others involved in research
procedures and training courses that require the
use of animal models. This is a comprehensive
course that will impart the requisite knowledge
and basic skills for using animals in research
and training in a safe and humane manner and will
allow participants to develop a better
understanding of the procedures required.
Successful completion of the course by PI and
collaborators will be a pre-requisite for IACUC
approval of research or training protocols
utilizing animals. The course is organised
jointly by the SingHealth Research Secretariat,
the Department of Experimental Surgery, SGH and
SGH-IACUC. In view of the overwhelming response
to past courses and in order to meet impending
licensing requirements, please submit your
application form as soon as possible. I would
like to take this opportunity to thank all those
involved in organising this course and wish all
participants an enjoyable and fruitful
experience. Dr Pierce Chow Director, Department
of Experimental Surgery Chairman, SGH-IACUC
Registration Form (please fax completed form to
63213606)
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For enquiries, please contact Mr Robert NgTel
63214937e-mail gesnth_at_sgh.com.sg
Payment Please make cheque payable to SGH Pte
Ltd and send to Dept of Experimental Surgery,
Block 9, Level 3, SGHOutram Road, Singapore
169608. Attn Mr Robert Ng
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1220 - 1330 pm LUNCH 1330 - 1350 pm
Functional Design of Animal Facility Mr
Robert Ng 1350 - 1430 pm Demonstration on Big
Animal Model- Pig Video (Bryan Ogden, Song In
Chin, Irene Kee, Angela Goh, Kiong Chin Yong)
- Blood Collection Sites - Set up of
Parental Drip - Set up of Vital Signs
Monitoring - Surgical Scrubbing and Draping -
Principles of Sterile Technique 1430 - 1700
pm Demonstration/Hands on Exercises on Small
Animal Models (Bryan Ogden, Song In Chin, Irene
Kee, Angela Goh, Kiong Chin Yong, Robert
Ng) Mouse - Picking up, sexing,
restraining - Gavaging (demo only) -
Injection routes (subcutaneous,
intraperitoneal) - Inhalant Anesthesia (demo
only) - Blood Collection (tail vein,
retro-orbital, tibial) - Euthanasia
(CO2, cervical dislocation or IP) -
Necropsy Rat - Picking up, sexing,
restraining - Gavaging (demo only) -
Injection routes (subcutaneous,
intramuscular, intraperitoneal) - Inhalant
Anesthesia (demo only) - Blood Collection (tail
vein catheterization, retro-orbital,
tibial) - Euthanasia (CO2, saphenous vein
or IP) - Necropsy 1700 - 1715
pm Closing Address and Certificate Presentation
Workshop Programme-16/06/05
0800 - 0820 am Registration 0820 - 0830
am Opening AddressProf Malcolm Paterson
Chairman, Division of Research 0830 - 0850
am Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee (IACUC)Dr Pierce Chow 0850 - 0910
am Laws, Regulations and Guidelines for
Biomedical ResearchMs Kuah Boon Theng 0910 -
0930 am Responsibilities of Principal
Investigators and Research Protocol EvaluationDr
Ong Hock Soo 0930 - 0950 am Radiation Safety
in Animal FacilityMr S. Somanesan 0950 - 1020
am MORNING TEA 1020 - 1040 am The 3Rs and
Research VariablesDr Bryan Ogden 1040 - 1100
am Occupational Health SafetyMr Wan
Mustaffa 1100 - 1120 am Use of Statistics as
Determinant for Number of Animals to be
used Dr Li Huihua 1120 - 1140 am Zoonotic
Diseases in Laboratory AnimalsDr Bryan
Ogden 1140 - 1200 pm Animal Anaesthesia and
Pain ManagementDr Jason So Villano 1200 - 1220
pm Animal Handling and Blood CollectionDr Bryan
Ogden