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Important characteristics
of animal facilities available for the use of faculty of Harvard
Medical School and Medical area institutions are listed below.
Assignment of animal housing space is determined by the institutional
affiliation of the researcher, available housing space and
the microbiological status of the animals to be housed.
When you
click on the animal facility name in the leftmost column in
thefollowing table, the latest health status data summary
for the facility will appear in separate browser window.
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Warren
Alpert Building
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Full
Barrier
BL1-N *
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Autoclave,
Irradiator
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HMS
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Water
shower,
protective clothing
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Barrier:Rodents
Non-barrier:
Non-human primates, ferrets
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Harvard
Institutes of Medicine
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Full
Barrier, limited BL2-N
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Autoclave
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BIDMC,
BWH,
HIHG
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Water
shower,
protective clothing
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Barrier:Rodents
Non-barrier:
Dogs, Rabbits, Swine
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Harvard
School of Public Health
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Full
Barrier
BL1-N
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Autoclave,
Irradiator
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HSPH,
HMS
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Air
shower,
water shower,
protective clothing
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Barrier:
Rodents
Non-Barrier:
Rats, Dogs
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Lansdowne
St
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Full
Barrier
BL1-N
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Autoclave
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BWH
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Air
Shower,
water Shower,
protective clothing
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Barrier:
Rodents
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180
Longwood Avenue BL-2/3 Facility
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Full
Barrier ABL-2, up to ABL3 by arrangement
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Autoclave
for decontamination and set up.
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HMS
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Water
shower,
BL-2/3 protective clothing
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Barrier:
Rodents
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Longwood
Medical Research Center
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Modified
Barrier
BL1-N
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-
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BWH
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Protective
clothing only
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Modified
Barrier: Mice
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Channing
Lab/Mass. College of Pharmacy
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Modified
Barrier
BL1-N
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-
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BWH
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Protective
clothing only.
Channing Lab Users Group
must approve access request
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Modified
Barrier: Rodents
Sharing
corridor: Swine
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Seeley
G. Mudd Building
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Cage
level barrier only. Primary use: large animals
BL1-N with
limited BL2-N capacity
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HMS
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Protective
clothing only
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Rodents,
Swine, Dogs, Degus, Rabbits
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Thorn
Biosciences Research Building
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Cage
level barrier only. Infected rooms on same floor
BL1-N
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-
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BWH
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Protective
clothing only
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Room
level Barrier: Mice
Conventional
Rodent
Swine
Rabbits, Other
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Faculty
of Arts & Sciences, Old Facility
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Cage level
barrier
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-
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Protective
clothing only |
Rodents
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Faculty
of Arts & Sciences, NEW Facility
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Conventional
(Microisolators changed in open room)
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-
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Protective
clothing only |
Mice
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Faculty
of Arts & Sciences, WJH
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Conventional
Clean
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-
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Protective
clothing only |
Rodents
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Animal Housing Biosafety Level Chart
Breeding Colony
Form — PDF
version 
Word
version 
Standard Operating
Procedures for Investigators — PDF
version
Animal
Facility Entry Procedures for Engineering and Maintenance
Staff
Facility
Health Status Data
Animal
Facility Husbandry Summary & Health Surveillance Frequency
Sentinel
Pathogen Test Profile & Schedule
Pathogen
Exclusion List
Summary of
Orientation Presentations
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