F07 - IACUC SOS! Evaluating Difficult Protocols by Optimizing Your Review Toolkit

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss challenging IACUC protocols (e.g., research where animal impacts are poorly characterized; research that involves creative technologies and engineering, and testing these innovative medical devices in animals; protocols where the risk/benefit analysis produces unclear results, and those involving an organization concerns with perception or risk)
• Review resources and approaches the IACUC can use to effectively evaluate and monitor these activities, such as the use of ad hocs, pilot projects, performance standards, and SOPs and institutional policies
• Develop strategies to streamline the use of these approaches and promote buy-in from investigators and key stakeholders