Adding Personnel to an IACUC Protocol
Download and email this form to add new personnel to an approved, draft, or pending protocol:
- Completion of all animal activity-specific certification and training is required before being listed on a protocol. Protocols can not be approved until the PI has completed all certification and training.
- Individuals (faculty, staff, students, volunteers) who will conduct animal activities must be listed on the approved IACUC protocol.
Certification needed for inclusion on a protocol
Information for specific protocol participation requirements are available on the protocol in Cayuse Animal Oversight, on the "Protocol Overview" page.
CITI coursework:
- For approved protocols, all courses listed on the Protocol Overview page are required. Contact the AWP staff for requirements for draft or pending protocols.
- The University of Arizona uses online training modules from Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI).
- A UA NetID is required to take CITI courses and you must use the UArizona single sign-on (SSO). If needed, you may transfer courses taken at another institution by affiliating with The University of Arizona.
General Rodent Surgery Training (GRST):
- The GRST is online! Click here to enroll.
- Email us to request an exemption to the GRST requirement if you are an MD or DVM. Exemptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis.
- A combination of online and hands-on surgical training may be required prior to performing non-survival or survival surgery independently. Direct observation by a UAC veterinarian may be required for individual surgeons and/or new surgical procedures to ensure surgical competency. The details of the Surgical Training Program are listed here.
- A UArizona NetID is required to take the GRST.
Animal Hazards Program (AHP) enrollment:
- The Animal Hazards Program (AHP) is federally mandated and animal researchers must participate in the program. Individuals participate in the AHP by submitting the online "Animal Hazards Program Risk Assessment (Employee)" form (aka "RAQ"). Occupational Health reviews the request and the individual or protocol contact may be emailed for additional information. Depending on the animal activities, an individual may require medical surveillance, which could include a clinic visit, vaccinations, and/or diagnostic tests.
- For most protocols, personnel can be processed once an email from Occupational Health is sent, indicating the RAQ has been received and is being processed, NOT when the form is first submitted to Occupational Health.
- A UA NetID is required to complete a Risk Assessment.
- The Occupational Health website is here.
Cervical dislocation/decapitation without anesthesia:
- Hands-on training is required by at least one participant on the protocol to perform euthanasia by cervical dislocation or decapitation without anesthesia (excludes altricial rodents). Email UAC to schedule: UAC-VeterinaryServices@email.arizona.edu(link sends e-mail)
Retro-orbital blood collection:
- Hands-on training is required by at least one participant on the protocol to perform retro-orbital blood collection. Email UAC to schedule: UAC-VeterinaryServices@email.arizona.edu(link sends e-mail)
Other hands-on training:
- UAC provides additional hand-on training in standard live animal procedures upon request. Email UAC to schedule: UAC-VeterinaryServices@email.arizona.edu
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