Research Safety and Animal Welfare
The ORO Research Safety and Animal Welfare (RSAW) Workgroup's oversight activities are designed to foster VA medical facility adherence to laws, regulations, and policies governing research laboratory safety, research laboratory security, and the use of laboratory animals in research. To accomplish this, the RSAW Workgroup conducts proactive evaluations of VA medical facility Research Safety and Security Programs and Animal Care and Use Programs; investigates, or provides oversight of investigations into, suspected lapses in research laboratory safety, research laboratory security, and the safeguarding of the welfare of laboratory animals; and provides oversight of VA medical facility efforts to remediate serious or continuing noncompliance in the aforementioned areas.
You may contact the ORO RSAW Workgroup via email at ORORSAW@va.gov.
Additional Links
Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 6th Edition
Board on Animal Health Sciences, Conservation, and Research (BAHSCR)
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
USDA Animal Welfare Publications
Federal Select Agents & Toxins List
