Report of the FELASA Working Group on evaluation of quality systems for animal units

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-118

  Howard, B ^a   Van Herck, H ^b,c   Guillen, J ^d   Bacon, B ^e   Joffe, R ^f   Ritskes Hoitinga, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^e Bioprojet Biotech   (France)

^f State Veterinary Diagnostics Center   (Latvia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Animal care; Animal unit; Management; Quality; Quality system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; GUIDELINES; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2342479121     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367704322968786     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC International, http://www.aaalac.org/)
2. British Association of Research Quality Assurance (BARQA) Newsletter, Issue No. 75, April 2001 (http://www.barqa.com)
3. Council Directive 87/18/EEC of 18 December 1986, on the harmonization of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances (see line 46, page 8)
4. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, USA), Compliance monitoring of GLP regulations (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/monitoring/programs/glp/index.html)
5. Food and Drug Administration (FDA, USA), Code of Federal Regulations (including Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines) (http://www.fda.gov)
6. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (http://www.iso.ch/ iso/en/iso9000-14000/iso9000/iso9000index.html)
7. National Research Council (1996) The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Washington: The National Academies Press (http://www.nap.edu/books/0309053773/html/index.html)
8. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Good Laboratory Practice Guidelines (http://www.oecd.org/env/glp)