Modernization of Cage Washing Equipment for The Natural Science Center's Vivarium to Jointly Support Multi-Disciplinary Research and Georgia State University Sustainability Initiatives

自然科学中心动物园的笼子清洗设备现代化，共同支持多学科研究和佐治亚州立大学可持续发展计划

• 批准号: 10736234
• 负责人: Evan Hutto
• 金额: $ 33.27万
• 依托单位: GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10736234
• 关键词: 15 year old; Affect; Air; Allergens; Animal Experimentation; Animal Model; Applications Grants; Area; Award; Beds; Cardiovascular Diseases; Censuses; Consumption; Decontamination; Diabetes Mellitus; Ensure; Environment; Environmental Impact; Equipment; Friends; Funding; Gene Targeting; Grant; Hand; Heating; Housing; Individual; Injury; Interdisciplinary Study; Laboratory Animal Production and Facilities; Malignant Neoplasms; Metabolic Diseases; Mission; Modeling; Modernization; Natural Sciences; Obesity; Prevention; Reproducibility; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Soil; Time; Transgenic Organisms; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Update; Water; Water consumption; Work; animal facility; animal resource; design; ergonomics; fatty liver disease; improved; operation; ventilation; 15 year old; Affect; Air; Allergens; Animal Experimentation; Animal Model; Applications Grants; Area; Award; Beds; Cardiovascular Diseases; Censuses; Consumption; Decontamination; Diabetes Mellitus; Ensure; Environment; Environmental Impact; Equipment; Friends; Funding; Gene Targeting; Grant; Hand; Heating; Housing; Individual; Injury; Interdisciplinary Study; Laboratory Animal Production and Facilities; Malignant Neoplasms; Metabolic Diseases; Mission; Modeling; Modernization; Natural Sciences; Obesity; Prevention; Reproducibility; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Soil; Time; Transgenic Organisms; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Update; Water; Water consumption; Work; animal facility; animal resource; design; ergonomics; fatty liver disease; improved; operation; ventilation

Project Summary: The aim of this request is to modernize the cage wash facility within a biomedical animal research facility that supports NIH funded research and GSU’s Transgenic and Gene Targeting Core. This cage wash facility supports an attached animal facility, along with an upcoming satellite ABSL3 animal facility, that averages around 1,200 cages at a given time. The cage washer located within this facility is outdate and struggles to maintain the pace needed for this census due to building and utility limitations. Through replacing this machine, with a more utility efficient machine, the cage wash facility will be able to quadruple the throughput. This will allow the staff to work more efficiently in order to support the research needs and to ensure all items are sanitized and decontaminated properly in a timely fashion. Cycle times are predicted to be reduced from the current 35 minutes per load to 8 minutes per load. Additionally, this new machine will decrease our utility consumption immensely, which will support GSU’s sustainability initiatives to decrease our environmental impact across campus. Water usage will decrease over 90% with the new washer going from 150 gallons per cycle to a mere 13 gallons per cycle. This grant will also fund a bedding dispenser to help the cage wash staff ensure all cages are made in a uniform fashion, while also providing them with allergen and ergonomic injury protection. Bedding levels in individual ventilated cages can affect air conditions within the cage. Having an automated dispenser will ensure that cages are bedded uniformly and have similar conditions at all times across a study. Both of these listed items will contribute to GSU’s mission to provide a controlled and clean environment that supports meaningful, translatable and reproducible research.

项目摘要： 该请求的目的是使生物医学动物中的笼子清洗设施现代化 支持NIH资助研究以及GSU的转基因和基因靶向的研究机构 核。这个笼子清洗设施支持附属的动物设施以及即将到来的 卫星ABSL3动物设施，在给定时间平均约有1200个笼子。笼子 位于该设施内的洗衣机很过时，并且努力维持此处所需的空间 由于建筑和公用事业的限制而引起的人口普查。通过替换这台机器，用更多的实用程序 有效的机器，笼子清洗设施将能够使吞吐量四倍。这将允许 工作人员更有效地工作以支持研究需求并确保所有项目 及时进行卫生和净化。预计周期时间为 从当前的35分钟减少到每个负载8分钟。此外，这个新 机器将极大地减少我们的公用事业消耗，这将支持GSU的 可持续性倡议，以减少我们整个校园的环境影响。用水将 随着新的洗衣机从每个周期150加仑变为13加仑，减少90％以上 每个周期。该赠款还将为床上用品分配器提供资金，以帮助笼子清洗人员确保所有人 笼子以统一的方式制成，同时还为它们提供过敏原和人体工程学 伤害保护。单个通风笼中的床上用品水平会影响空气条件 笼。拥有一个自动分配器将确保笼子均匀地床并具有 在一项研究中，始终类似的条件。这两个列出的项目都将有助于GSU的 提供一个受控和干净的环境，以支持有意义的，可翻译的环境 和可再现的研究。