Institutional animal care and use committee postapproval monitoring programs: A proposed comprehensive classification scheme

Stacy L. Pritt, Trina M. Smith

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Abstract

Introduced over 20 y ago, IACUCs undertaking postapproval monitoring (PAM) of animal research procedures as a means to ensure researcher compliance is now widely used as an oversight tool in laboratory animal research. Through a literature review evaluating the history of PAM in the United States, discussions of controversy surrounding PAM activities, and reflections on how PAM activities are described within the IACUC community, we present an up-To-date and comprehensive classification system for PAM program methodologies that could serve to standardize how such activities are characterized in IACUC policies, communicated to research staff, used in training programs, implemented for the desired impact by individuals involved in animal research oversight, and referenced by regulatory agencies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)127-131
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Volume59
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2020

Keywords

  • ILAR
  • Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
  • PAM
  • Postapproval monitoring

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Animal Science and Zoology

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