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Animal Studies and Facilities

Lab Animals Development

InfoEd's Lab Animals Development module provides researchers with an online portal for preparing, submitting and tracking their animal studies. The easy to use software streamlines the administrative effort involved in protocol submissions and offers useful new functionality for organizing research projects.

  • Organizations can flexibly design and maintain their own protocol application templates using InfoEd’s eForm technology. Data collection requirements can vary by submission type (e.g. initial applications; amendments; modifications; adverse events; etc.).
  • InfoEd’s Auto-Fill utility can conveniently load standard personnel and organizational details into new eForms upon creation, reducing effort and improving data quality.
  • eForm protocols can be designed to respond interactively to researcher inputs. Study attributes that have regulatory or institutional implications can prompt supplemental questions or additional forms (e.g. Lab animals or farm animals? Pain category? Radioisotope? etc.).
  • An intuitive study design tool enables investigators to quickly map out animal use by species, group, and location in a nested relational manner that supports institutional reporting and enables, once approved, a seamless exchange of data to staff using InfoEd’s Animal Facilities Management module.
  • User-friendly interface with field level help, links to product manuals, and integrated email support.
  • Upload supporting materials (e.g. science documents; animal use certifications; etc.).
  • Application documents are watermarked with protocol status, board name, and date.
  • Upon submission records are automatically checked for completeness. Incomplete records are disallowed with missing items highlighted.
  • The module features an electronic routing and approval mechanism for departmental reviews, which then feeds the Lab Animals Management module.
  • When used in conjunction with InfoEd’s other compliance modules for human protocols and environmental safety plans, the system supports an interwoven cross-office workflow (e.g. an animal study with a radioisotope can be routed to both the animal use committee and the radiation safety committee simultaneously).
  • Lab Animals captures the complete submission history of a protocol. The InfoEd protocol is in effect a file folder that contains an initial application and all subsequent submissions, with a complete communications history for each.
  • Protocol amendments and modifications can be conveniently cloned from the last submission so the researcher can focus solely on necessary changes, minimizing administrative burden.
  • eForms can track changes so reviewers can readily compare and contrast a new submission against the currently approved version of the protocol.
  • New protocols can be copied from existing records so researchers that focus on a narrow band of activity can leverage forms from previous efforts.