LAMb Request for Cage Washer

LAMb 笼式垫圈请求

• 批准号: 9360725
• 负责人: CAROL B FOWLER
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9360725
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The VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS) requires the purchase of an Atlantis Easy Cage and Rack Washer System, manufactured by iwt-Techniplast (Westchester, PA, USA), to support its Research Animal Facility. The current cage washer is over 13 years old, and has required approximately 15 service and repair visits over the last six months. The Atlantis Easy Cage Washer is a robust system that is capable of processing most of the equipment and material used in the lab animal facility such as: cages, trolleys, tables, racks, IVC racks, and bottles, all in the same machine. The proposed new system is compact, user friendly, easy to maintain, and has a high level cleaning performance. The standard microbiologically validated wash cycle can be completed in less than 10 minutes, giving it a capacity of up to 600 rodent cages/hour. It has 10 programmable washing cycles for multiple uses. The unit features a stainless steel washing chamber with two double-layer clear glass doors, as well as inflatable gaskets for water and air tightness. The machine features 120° oscillating arms fitted all along the side walls of the chamber, 48 wash nozzles, and 48 rinse nozzles; which assure a constant and consistent coverage of the load. The nested wash and rinse arms with separate circuits avoid cross-contamination. The Animal facility at the VAHMCS is an Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Care (AAALAC)-accredited and occupies approximately 10,900 sq. ft. of space in the basement of the Baltimore VA Medical Center. The central wash area in animal facility is a major operational hub for the cleaning, sanitization, and sterilization of materials and equipment- entering, leaving, and re-circulating through the animal facility. Effective cage washing is an important aspect of an animal care and use program to control the possible spread of unwanted microorganisms. It supports ten to twenty funded VA animal protocols at any given time, with an average overnight census of 1000-1200 rodents. Current VA-funded projects address high- priority Veteran-centric research areas such as: pulmonary fibrosis, colon cancer, regenerative medicine, and gut mucosal healing and homeostasis.

VA 马里兰州医疗保健系统 (VAMHCS) 要求购买 Atlantis Easy 笼式和架式清洗机系统，由 iwt-Techniplast（美国宾夕法尼亚州威彻斯特）制造， 支持其研究动物设施。目前的洗笼机已有 13 年以上的历史，并且已 在过去六个月中，Atlantis Easy 需要大约 15 次服务和维修。 笼式清洗机是一个强大的系统，能够处理大多数设备和 实验室动物设施中使用的材料，例如：笼子、手推车、桌子、架子、IVC 架等 所提议的新系统结构紧凑、用户友好、易于操作。 维护，并具有高水平的清洁性能。 经过微生物学验证的标准洗涤周期可在 10 分钟内完成， 每小时可处理多达 600 个啮齿动物笼子。它具有 10 个可编程清洗周期。 该装置具有一个不锈钢清洗室，具有两个双层透明。 玻璃门以及用于水密和气密的充气垫圈 该机器具有 120° 的特点。 沿腔室侧壁安装的摆臂、48 个清洗喷嘴和 48 个冲洗喷嘴 喷嘴；确保对负载的持续和一致的覆盖。 带有独立电路的冲洗臂可避免交叉污染。 VAHMCS 的动物设施是一个评估和认证协会 实验室护理 (AAALAC) 认证，占地约 10,900 平方英尺。 巴尔的摩退伍军人医疗中心的地下室是动物设施的中央清洗区。 材料和设备清洁、消毒和灭菌的主要运营中心- 进入、离开和通过动物设施的再循环是有效的笼子清洗。 动物护理和使用计划的一个重要方面是控制有害动物可能的传播 它在任何给定时间支持十到二十个资助的 VA 动物方案， 目前 VA 资助的项目平均每晚对 1000-1200 只啮齿动物进行普查。 以退伍军人为中心的优先研究领域，例如：肺纤维化、结肠癌、再生 医学、肠道粘膜愈合和体内平衡。