Per diem rates

      per diem rates

 

Services included in per diem rates

  1. Routine and standard husbandry (Including sterile mouse and rat caging)
  2. Routine cage changes (per ASC standard practices)
  3. Routine health care (Diagnostics & Treatment)
  4. Emergency Care (Not caused by research protocols)
  5. Self-Injury Care (Suturing, wound care)
  6. Daily Vet and Vet Tech Rounds
  7. Routine sentinel program (Testing/Bleeding)
  8. Occupational health monitor or exposures including animal bites and scratches
  9. Disease outbreak management (Manpower, PPE, diagnostics and lab tests, etc.)
  10. Euthanasia-related carcass or tissue disposal (Biohazard materials and regular garbage)
  11. Environmental enrichment
  12. Colony health management (vendor quality and vendor approvals)
  13. Training & protocol development
  14. Animal procurement services
  15. Routine facility inspections, maintenance and repairs
  16. Routine billing

Services not included in per diem rates

  1. Quarantine Assays
  2. Quarantine management from unapproved vendors
  3. Special husbandry requests inside or outside of ASC
  4. Rederivation procedures
  5. Research Activities (Injections, Tissue samples, Anesthesia, Surgical Support Post-Op care, and breeding services)
  6. Special technical services including drugs, supplies or materials requested by PIs
  7. Special PPE request
  8. Unapproved transfers, imports/exports or shipping costs
  9. Emergency care or treatments caused by research activities
  10. Research related to necropsies
  11. Shipping and crater fees
  12. Import & Export fees
  13. Extra cage changes beyond ASC standard practices due to research model or protocol requirements (i.e. PU/PD models or reduced bedding requests)
  14. Special equipment/room installation, storage, or removal costs
  15. Special housing or room segregation requests
  16. Dedicated housing or procedure room requests
  17. Special invoice requests
  18. Transport between UPR Campuses or other Institutions