研究行业越来越依赖于改善动物福利的新技术和技术。随着纸质系统可能导致访问和准确性的问题，改善有限，而电子文件面临跟踪和遵守的挑战。我们一直专注于减少动物用法，并通过使用创新技术来减少3RS - 更换，改进和减少，通过使用外科医生的熟练来说，跟踪模型的手术，我们想与您分享我们的调查结果。了解该系统及其改善外科绩效的策略 - 和动物福利。
1. Improving the efficiency of surgeons
For any given surgery, each employee wears a personal RFID chip on their wrist or collar, which is scanned before entering any information in the system. This way, it’s clear which employee entered information in the system. The animals are assigned a cage label with anRFID microchip这将在整个设施留下动物。RFID芯片将显示，例如，研究编号，应变，性别，出生日期，程序，船舶日期和饲料类型。
2.跟踪手术
At the start of each surgery session, 15-inch monitors will give the surgery prep person all the information they need to know about the study or surgery. The surgeons simply scan in, hands-free, to the screen and system monitors their start time and stop time. When the animal is passed to the closer, that employee scans in their wristband to track their start and end times as well. A separate recovery screen displays the animal’s recovery process. Recovery and animal checks generally occur via mobile Surface Pro (Microsoft), with a wireless pen that connects via Bluetooth. This way, the animals can stay in their cages to the extent possible.
3. Scanning animals for improved information
Scanning in the animal brings up a wealth of information. A team can assign animals a clinical score and can also view thepatency of their catheters.The software will alert a supervisor or veterinarian when the clinical score dips below a certain level, while the catheter patency check tells us whether catheters are full, partial or blocked. If it’s the latter, a report is generated for staff to review.
A daily observation screen monitors if each animal has been checked by staff at least twice per day. Our system also provides a percentage of weight loss or gain, compared to the original surgery weight. When it’s time to ship animals, unique shipping screens help technicians assign animals to a box, and ensure that the right number of animals are being shipped.
4.提高质量控制
软件还可以帮助监控外科医生性能;对于任何给定的外科医生，系统可以跟踪完成的手术人员的数量，甚至可以通过程序逐项逐项逐项逐项逐项进行。通过这种数据，记录每个外科医生的平均手术时间，可以与其他员工的平均手术时间进行比较，同样的手术。这有助于组织确保手术是所有网站和所有外科医生的标准，也可以识别问题和培训需求。例如，具有最佳性能的外科医生将训练其他工作人员。每周报告可以在每个手术组上生成，他们的网站性能是为了了解本周已经进行了多少手术，有多少手术已经发货，以及在手术中被安乐死了多少动物。
5. Reducing animal usage
We've found that beta testing of thissoftware systemhas shown a significant reduction in animal use as well as cost savings. Early estimates were tens of thousands of dollars per year in cost savings. We hope this number will increase over time as we continue to find additional ways to work more efficiently.
As far as quality control, using an integrated software system helps reduce the complaint resolution time in cases where a complaint is received or if a customer has an issue with a particular surgery. The system will identify the animal in question, who handled the animal, what happened to the animal and at what time. This system helps pinpoint the issue quickly as part of an ongoing process to improve surgery quality and processes.
Looking ahead: additional enhancement of the 3Rs
Additional new features can better support controlled drugs, expiration dates and lot numbers which are tied to individual animals. We are currently beta testing a new feature where, upon receipt of an animal, we scan it in for a clinical score or feedback on the animal. This way, you can immediately replace the animal if needed. This should help determine what went wrong and prevent problems of a similar nature from occurring again.
Using this software system, organizations can track extra animals to better utilize them, which should cut down on the overall number of animals used. It also allows you to take surgery, animal health and soft tissue removal videos, which are tied to the unique RFID chip inside the animal, as well as being able to view a 3D image of each animal.
这种定制软件系统继续发展，毫无疑问，介绍甚至更有效和生产的手术中心，动物用法额外减少，作为进一步的倡议的一部分3rs。
