CHAPTER VIII - RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL WITH ANIMALS

8.1 General Procedures
Special care must be taken when using radioactive material with laboratory animals to ensure that all conditions of the sub-license under which work is conducted are followed.

Secretions from animals administered radioactive material should be considered to be radioactive. Precautions should be taken to prevent contamination of facility surfaces and personnel handling the animals.

Animals to which radioactive material has been administered must be attended at all times during experimental procedures. These animals must be housed in the ASU Laboratory Animal Care Facilities (LACF) unless specific approval for alternative housing has been obtained from the RSC.

8.2 Housing of Animals in Laboratory Animal Care Facilities

The Office of Radiation Safety and the Laboratory Animal Care Facilities must be notified prior to administration of radioactive material to animals which are to be housed in the LACF.

All cages containing animals to which radioactive material has been administered must be labeled with radioactive warning tape. Labels will contain the name of the responsible investigator, the nuclide administered, the activity administered, and the date of administration.

Excretions and bedding from animals administered radioactive material will be considered radioactive and disposed of as radioactive waste.

Laboratory Animal Care Facilities personnel handling animals administered radioactive material, collecting waste, or cleaning cages must receive training in subjects listed in Paragraph 2.2.1 and in specific techniques for handling animals containing radioactive material.