Standard Operating Procedures
The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) posted are CM internal documents that describe routine procedures performed in the animal housing facilities in detail. SOPs outline responsibilities, safety precautions, and recordkeeping requirements. Those relevant to equipment also include validation and documentation of performance. SOPs are supposed to help in standardizing output and avoiding mistakes, troubleshoot problems and ensure continuity of procedures even when performed by different staff members. Our SOPs are used in training and demonstration of proficiency of everybody involved in the best practices described. Adherence to SOPs is critical for consistency and minimization of variability that could affect research studies and wellbeing of animals.
Although meant primarily for CM staff members certain SOPs are also beneficial for research personnel to follow for the same reasons mentioned above. The description of procedures can be valuable for grant proposals and manuscripts.
- FAU SOP 100 Food and Bedding
- FAU SOP 101 Protective Clothing and Personal Hygiene
- FAU SOP 102 Sanitizing Procedures
- FAU SOP 103 Animal Transportation
- FAU SOP 104 General Autoclave Procedures
- FAU SOP 105 Carcass Disposal
- FAU SOP 108 Pest Management
- FAU SOP 109 Avidity Watchdog General Procedures
- FAU SOP 110 Autoclave Effectiveness
- FAU SOP 111 Processing Biological Indicators
- FAU SOP 112 Development and Implementation of EMP
- FAU SOP 113 Microbiological Monitoring of Sanitation
- FAU SOP 114 Microbiological Monitoring of Sanitation Using ATP
- FAU SOP 115 Microbiological Monitoring of Sanitation Using Microbial Agar
- FAU SOP 120 Sanitizing an Entire Room
- FAU SOP 200 Rodent Health Surveillance
- FAU SOP 202 Rodent Health Monitoring and Reporting
- FAU SOP 203 Rodent Quarantine Husbandry
- FAU SOP 204 Rodent Quarantine
- FAU SOP 205 Aquatic Turtle Health Monitoring and Reporting
- FAU SOP 206 Anesthesia Equipment Maintenance
- FAU SOP 207 Rodent Parasitology
- FAU SOP 208 Blood collection in rats and mice
- FAU SOP 209 Rodent Necropsy and Post-Mortem Examination
- FAU SOP 210 Rodent Injection Techniques
- FAU SOP 211 Rodent Oral Gavage
- FAU SOP 212 Escaped Rodents
- FAU SOP 213 Workflow In and Between Vivaria
- FAU SOP 214 Medical Recordkeeping
- FAU SOP 215 Turtle Necropsy
- FAU SOP 217 Surgical Towel Use and Care
- FAU SOP 400_Cage Changing Rodents
- FAU SOP 401 Cage Changing Semi-Rigid Isolator
- FAU SOP 402 Rodent Husbandry and Care
- FAU SOP 405 Manual Cage Washing Procedures
- FAU SOP 406 Rodent Receiving
- FAU SOP 407 Environmental Enrichment Rodents
- FAU SOP 408 Social Housing
- FAU SOP 409 Mouse Breeding Colony Management
- FAU SOP 410 Rodent Identification Methods
- FAU SOP 300 HBOI Footbath
- FAU SOP 301 HBOI Full Cleaning of Necropsy Lab
- FAU SOP 302 HBOI Spot-cleaning of Necropsy Lab
- FAU SOP 303 HBOI Diagnostic Lab Cleaning
- FAU SOP 306 i-STAT Analyzer Maintenance and Sample Analysis
- FAU SOP 307 HBOI Freezer Room Safety
- FAU SOP 308 Cleaning Freezer Room
- FAU SOP 313 HBOI Pharmacy Inventory Management
- FAU SOP 315 HBOI Carcass Disposal
- FAU SOP 321 HBOI Ambulance Cleaning/Reset
- FAU SOP 325 HBOI Necropsy Lab Safety Protocols
- FAU SOP 326 HBOI Disposal of Hazardous Materials
- FAU SOP 327 HBOI Initial Stranding Communication
- FAU SOP 328 HBOI Marine Mammal Bites
- FAU SOP 330 HBOI Ambulance Maintenance
- FAU SOP 331 HBOI Boat and Jet Ski Maintenance
- FAU SOP 332 HBOI Animal Transport