American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory

All procedures performed in this study conform to the "Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. All research facilities are accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care. 

American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)... 

In addition, the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) provides guidelines for animal care and use, operates a certification program for animal technicians, and develops educational materials. The AALAS also serves as a scientific forum for laboratory medicine and care. The American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) offers a peer review laboratory accreditation program for research facilities. In addition, the FDA and the EPA have Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) regulations. 

Proper care of laboratory animals used in research is a basic requirement to assure the validity and reproducibility of the results obtained. Animals used in drug research are subject to the strictest standards of care beginning with the animal supplier. For the most commonly used laboratory animals, these standards of care often apply for the entire life of the animal. Guidelines for proper care of research animals are provided by the Department of Health and Human Services. The American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care provides the service of certifying laboratories complying with those guidelines. All reputable industrial drug development houses strive to achieve and maintain certification by the association. 

Third-party accreditation is now increasing in popularity. Some laboratories now have quality systems registered to ISO 9000 series standards, and third-party accreditation for laboratories based on ISO 17025 has now become widely used through the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the A2LA scheme of the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. 

Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Organizations. Research related to sleep is in progress worldwide. The members of the World Sleep Federation include the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the U.S.-based Sleep Research Society (SRS), the Canadian Sleep Society (CSS), the Federation of Latin American Sleep Societies (FLASS), the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), the Asian Sleep Research Society (ASRS), and the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA). Most of these organizations offer training, publish academic journals, accredit sleep disorder centers and laboratories, and offer information to clinicians, patients, and the public. Some of them offer fellowships and scholarships for researchers, and a few (such as the ASRS and the ESRS) are umbrella societies with member nations. In the United States, where there are more than... 

A voluntary industry consensus standard, developed by the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) in 1999, that specifies the requirements for personal protective equipment (PPE) that is capable of visually signaling the user s presence. Eor a garment to be labeled American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Class 1, 2, 3, or E it is required to first be ANSI/ISEA 107 certified. This certification requires many tests by an accredited laboratory to make sure that the garment lives up to the requirements of the standard. Some tests/requirements include ... 

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