IMPROVEMENT OF PRIMATE CLINICAL CARE FACILITIES

改善灵长类动物临床护理设施

• 批准号: 6601830
• 负责人: JOHN L VANDEBERG
• 金额: $ 46.23万
• 依托单位: TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-02-01 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6601830
• 关键词: animal care; animal colony; baboons; biomedical facility

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research on chronic diseases has been and will continue to be an important and well-funded component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research program at the SNPRC. The ongoing success of chronic disease research is dependent upon the continued provision of high-quality clinical care; however, growth in investigator research support and animal utilization has taxed ability to provide necessary clinical care and support for NHPs. This application requests funding to improve existing animal care facilities to fulfill the following long-term objectives: 1) to modernize and expand the Institution's capacity for providing clinical care for treating NHPs, especially baboons, that are active participants in or are being held for future research protocols; 2) to equip the renovated treatment rooms with additional examination tables, gurneys, carts, and procedure lights which are needed to provide high-quality animal care; 3) to upgrade the Institution's radiographic capabilities by acquisition of digital x-ray equipment; and 4) to bring the facilities into compliance with current National Research Council (NRC) ventilation recommendations for animal care areas. The proposed alteration and renovation will remediate current inefficiencies of space utilization and traffic movement and will utilize the space gained to create a larger treatment area. Clinical procedure capabilities will be expanded and modernized with needed equipment, and a critical care area will be established adjacent to the clinic area. An office space currently adjacent to the clinic will be relocated away from animal care areas. Finally, the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system will be replaced with a system that supplies 100 percent flesh air. The net result of the proposed renovations is to modernize aged facilities and to increase institutional capacity for provision of high-quality animal care.

描述（由申请人提供）： 慢性病研究一直并将继续成为美国国立卫生研究院 (NIH) 支持的 SNPRC 研究计划的重要且资金充足的组成部分。 慢性病研究的持续成功取决于持续提供高质量的临床护理；然而，研究者研究支持和动物利用的增长对为 NHP 提供必要的临床护理和支持的能力造成了负担。 本申请要求提供资金来改善现有的动物护理设施，以实现以下长期目标：1）现代化并扩大该机构为治疗 NHP（特别是狒狒）提供临床护理的能力，这些动物是积极参与或正在被关押的未来研究方案； 2) 为翻新的治疗室配备额外的检查台、轮床、推车和手术灯，以提供高质量的动物护理； 3) 通过购买数字X射线设备来提升机构的射线照相能力； 4) 使设施符合国家研究委员会 (NRC) 目前针对动物护理区的通风建议。 拟议的改建和翻新将纠正目前空间利用和交通运输效率低下的问题，并将利用获得的空间创建更大的治疗区域。 临床手术能力将通过所需设备进行扩展和现代化，并且将在临床区域附近建立一个重症监护区。 目前毗邻诊所的办公空间将搬迁到远离动物护理区的地方。 最后，供暖、通风和空调 (HVAC) 系统将替换为提供 100% 新鲜空气的系统。 拟议翻修的最终结果是对老化设施进行现代化改造，并提高提供高质量动物护理的机构能力。