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1. Import
request is completed by PI staff and sent to ARCM.
2. Relevant
Health Status Report from sending institution is received
by ARCM and matched to the import request. The sending
investigator usually requests health reports of their
veterinary staff. The recipient investigator may also
make this request of the sending institution. Due to
the volume of imports, the ARCM cannot be responsible
for obtaining health data for import requests.
3. The rodent
health surveillance program description is sent from
the sending institution (International shipments only).
4. Once
the approvals are complete i.e. health status is approved
by veterinary staff, protocols approvals are in-date,
and financial arrangements are set, the quarantine coordinator
will send permission-to-ship to the corresponding institutional
personnel identified on the import request or personnel
identified by prior ARCM experience with that institution.
This document will give the shipping address and other
instructions to the senders.
5. Once
the senders respond and arrange with the quarantine
coordinator the shipping date; and the anticipated receipt
date is determined, the quarantine coordinator assigns
a quarantine lot number to the transaction. This number
will be used throughout the rest of the process to refer
to the transaction.
6. The animal
care staff records the arrival date in quarantine. The
date is communicated to the quarantine coordinator by
animal care staff or is determined during rounds in
the room.
7. The sample
date is the date when sentinels are harvested for testing
(serology, PCR, parasitology, other). This date is determined
as a function of time after the sentinels assigned to
the quarantine lot are first exposed to the colony.
8. The disposition
date is the date when the test results are confirmed
to the veterinary staff.
9. If results
are negative i.e. no excluded pathogens have been detected
in the imported lot, the lot is cleared (moved to the
destination facility and room requested in the import
request.
10. If results
indicate the presence of a pathogen, the lot will fail
quarantine and be disposed of by either of the 2
methods chosen by the investigator in the quarantine
application.
a. The
lot will either be killed, or
b. Sent
to a commercial vendor for rederivation at the investigator's
expense.
11. For
cleared lots, moving day for cleared quarantine lots
occurs after the clearance date as soon as space in
the barrier is available and the animal care staff can
accomplish the task safely for the animals in the lot.
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