Response to Protocol Review scenario: compassion is in the eye of the beholder.

摘要

To cut, or not to cut? The answer to the question may lie in local policy rather than in federal regulations. Steins protocol allowed for use of anesthetics, but the scenario did not indicate whether they would be used for surgery or a. different procedure. Stein was an experienced researcher, but did she have prior training, experience or expertise in rodent surgery? The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals recommends that in emergency situations, the appropriate course of action requires veterinary medical judgment but also states that some aspects of the veterinary care program can be carried out by personnel other than a veterinarian. Does Steins IACUC have a policy in place that addresses clinical and surgical treatment of animals by non-veterinarians with or without initial veterinary consultation and direction?