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| The skill and experience of the employee should be considered in assessing risks |
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Which individual or group has a responsibility in developing and implementing the components of the institution's occupational health and safety program?
The senior institutional official
The investigators
The institution's environmental health and safety personnel |
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| What is the term for the systematic approach to ensuring that various aspects of a laboratory operation meets specified requirements? |
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| What is the term for animals used for health surveillance in rodent colonies? |
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| The health surveillance program may be considered a part of the quality assurance program. |
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| An animal supplier's health status report is an assurance that the animal received in the facility is healthy and free of pathogens. |
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| In animal rooms where microisolation cages are being used, the sentinels are housed in cages that contain what item from other cages in the room? |
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| Sentinel animals should be at least what age? |
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| What does the acronym MFI stand for? |
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| Multiplex fluorescent immunoassay |
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| Which test detects known DNA sequences characteristic for the pathogen? |
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| Polymerase chain reaction |
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| If an animal tests negative for a pathogen 3 weeks after arrival at the facility, which conclusion can be drawn? |
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| The animal was free of the pathogen when shipped. |
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| Who decides which specific pathogens will be surveyed for in the animal facility? |
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| Veterinarian, with input from the research team |
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| Serology is the best method to detect pathogens in immunodeficient animals. |
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| The pinworm Aspiculuris tetraptera can be detected in mice by the anal tape test. |
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| Which pinworm infection can be detected by a tape test? |
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| The sentinel program detects mostly pathogens spread by fecal-oral contamination. |
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| How soon after exposure should a sentinel be tested for a specific pathogen? |
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| 3 to 6 weeks after exposure |
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| The best time to monitor for microbial antibodies is when the animals are very young. |
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| Sentinel animals are experimental animals subjected to extra testing during the course of the study. |
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| The presence of most bacteria can be confirmed by culture on artificial media. |
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