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Table 2 Status of protocol review in the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees of various institutions

From: Improvement plans on the operation of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: focusing on the case of Seoul National University

Type of institution

Number of

protocol review per year

Committee member (additional reviewer)

Administrative staff

Private company

25

8

0.5**

General hospital

240

10

1

Public institution

310

5

1

University A (national)

193

13

1

University B (private)

269

12

1

SNU-IACUC*

1000 (approx.)

15 (9)***

2

SNU-IBC* (for reference)

200

12

1

  1. *SNU: Seoul National University; IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee; IBC: Institutional Biosafty Committee
  2. **One person in the company works as the staff of IACUC and IBC together
  3. ***In addition to fifteen official committee members, nine professional reviewers perform the protocol review in SNU-IACUC
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Laboratory Animal Research

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