Jefferson Alumni Hall Modernization of Cage Sanitation Facility

杰斐逊校友会堂笼舍卫生设施现代化

• 批准号: 8525828
• 负责人: Judith S Daviau
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-05-01 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8525828
• 关键词: Age; Animal Experimentation; Animal Housing; Animals; Area; Award; Basic Science; Capital; Caring; Censuses; Cities; Discipline of Nursing; Disease; Education; Engineering; Environmental Impact; Equipment; Excision; Eye; Faculty; Filler; Floor; Funding; Grant; Growth; Health; Health Occupations; Healthcare; Hospitals; Housing; Human Resources; IACUC; Institutes; Investments; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Life; Longevity; Modernization; Neurosciences; Orthopedics; Pennsylvania; Pharmacy Schools; Pharmacy facility; Principal Investigator; Production; Productivity; Program Efficiency; Protocols documentation; Regulation; Request for Proposals; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Sanitation; Savings; Schedule; Schools; Science; Services; Strategic Planning; Stress; Students; Time; Translational Research; United States; Universities; University Hospitals; Update; Water; Workplace; animal care; animal facility; animal resource; behavioral health; exhaust; facility renovation; medical schools; meetings; member; operation; patient oriented; population health; programs; repaired; square foot; wasting

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) is one of the oldest academic health centers in the United States, with establishment of its Jefferson Medical College in 1824. The Jefferson Alumni Hall (JAH) is the largest of the buildings housing wet bench laboratory research. TJU is dedicated to the humane care and use of animals in research. TJU operates USDA-, OLAW- and AAALAC-accredited facilities. Animal Resources currently operates a 24/7/365 facility in JAH in approximately 19,000 sq. ft. of housing and animal care support space in a stacked configuration on floors 2 through 5 with a larger facility on the 6th floor. The 6th floor also contains the sanitation and caretaker staff support areas. JAH facilities represent about 26% of the entire TJU animal program by current census, but occupy the largest physical footprint. Currently there are 136 principal investigators conducting research under 451 IACUC-approved protocols on campus. JAH was constructed in 1968. TJU recently commissioned an external study which determined the building had a useful life of over 40 more years. This study resulted in a multi-year strategic plan to modernize the lab and lab support space for greater efficiency and program expansion. TJU was awarded and has completed an ARRA facilities renovation grant (1 C06 RR028626-01) that modernized approximately 18,000 sq. ft. of lab and lab support space. In addition, a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant has allowed for another 18,000 sq. ft. of modern lab and lab support space to be constructed. The newly created space in concert with the planned capital investments for JAH will greatly impact program growth in this building. This and other on-going renovations will increase volume of the animal program needs by investigators by about 25% and will stress an already outmoded cage sanitation facility. Sanitation is a critical component to any successful animal research program. Equipment which has exceeded its expected longevity results in multiple inefficiencies both in operational disruption and energy utilization. Failing infrastructure not only impacts the animal facility, but may disrupt other productive lab spaces by accidental discharges of water. This application is requesting the replacement of existing equipment as well as updating associated infrastructure. The procurement and installation of this equipment will result in increased personnel efficiency, less down time, significant operational savings and decreased negative environmental impact.

描述（由申请人提供）：托马斯杰斐逊大学 (TJU) 是美国最古老的学术健康中心之一，其杰斐逊医学院成立于 1824 年。杰斐逊校友堂 (JAH) 是最大的建筑群湿台实验室研究。 TJU 致力于在研究中对动物进行人道关怀和使用。 TJU 拥有经 USDA、OLAW 和 AAALAC 认证的设施。 Animal Resources 目前在 JAH 运营着一个 24/7/365 的设施，占地约 19,000 平方英尺的住房和动物护理支持空间，在 2 至 5 层采用堆叠配置，并在 6 楼设有更大的设施。六楼还设有卫生和管理员支持区域。根据目前的普查，JAH 设施约占整个 TJU 动物计划的 26%，但占据了最大的实际足迹。目前，校园内有 136 名主要研究人员根据 451 项 IACUC 批准的方案进行研究。 JAH 建于 1968 年。 TJU 最近委托进行了一项外部研究，确定该建筑的使用寿命超过 40 年。这项研究制定了一项多年战略计划，旨在实现实验室和实验室支持空间的现代化，以提高效率和项目扩展。 TJU 获得并已完成 ARRA 设施翻新拨款 (1 C06 RR028626-01)，对约 18,000 平方英尺的实验室和实验室支持空间进行了现代化改造。此外，宾夕法尼亚州重建援助资本计划 (RACP) 拨款还允许建造另外 18,000 平方英尺的现代化实验室和实验室支持空间。新创建的空间与 JAH 计划的资本投资相结合将极大地影响这座建筑的项目增长。这项改造和其他正在进行的改造将使研究人员的动物计划需求量增加约 25%，并对已经过时的笼子卫生设施造成压力。卫生设施是任何成功的动物研究计划的关键组成部分。超过预期寿命的设备会导致运营中断和能源利用效率低下。基础设施故障不仅会影响动物设施，还可能因水的意外排放而扰乱其他生产性实验室空间。该申请要求更换现有设备并更新相关基础设施。该设备的采购和安装将提高人员效率、减少停机时间、显着节省运营成本并减少负面环境影响。