Upload
eric-gould
View
28
Download
2
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
International Benchmarking: AAALAC International Accreditation. Kathryn Bayne, MS, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, CAAB Senior Director & Director of Pacific Rim Activities. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
International Benchmarking: AAALAC International Accreditation
Kathryn Bayne, MS, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, CAABSenior Director & Director of Pacific Rim Activities
Benchmarking (also "best practice benchmarking" or "process benchmarking") is a process used in management … in which organizations evaluate various aspects of their processes in relation to
best practice, usually within their own sector. This then allows organizations to develop plans on how to adopt such best practice, usually with the aim of
increasing some aspect of performance. Benchmarking may be a one-off event, but is often
treated as a continuous process in which organizations continually seek to challenge their
practices.
Wikipedia
Benchmarking to Ensure a Quality Program
The public’s expectations for science are high Public demands for best practices
Research costs with animals is increasingly a significant financial consideration for institutions
Clients want assurances of sound data and defensible animal welfare
Animal rights groups want to stop animal use
What Are The Risks of Not Benchmarking?
Public relations problems Increased cost/loss of innovation Erosion of public and community trust
Potential Objectives of Benchmarking
Improving organizational performance Setting standards for performance
monitoring Ensuring appropriate management
controls
Key Elements to Benchmark
Organizational structure Operating procedures Oversight (management) considerations
Successfully Using Benchmarking
Select a benchmarking system that can be used to guide performance
Ensure the data resulting from the benchmarking process can be meaningfully translated into action Translate benchmarking into methodologies
and techniques that create best practice.
AAALAC International site visit teams are in a unique position to benchmark animal care and use programs
Average of 212 institutions visited each year for the last 6 years
Standards used:
National legislation, policy Guide for the Care and Use of
Laboratory Animals (NRC 1996) AAALAC International’s Reference
Resources Institutional guidelines, policies
Methods to Ensure Quality Accreditation Assessments
Composition of the site visit team Tailored to the institution Limit to the number of times a Council member
may take out a particular ad hoc Consultant Maintains diversity of opinion
Colleagues who share the same experiences you do in your animal care and use programs
Methods to Ensure Quality Accreditation Assessments Review of the Site Visit Report (including
the post site visit communication from the institution) Pre-meeting electronic review and
comment/discussion Council meeting deliberations
Methods to Ensure Quality Accreditation Assessments Review of the letter to the institution
Post Council meeting review by Council Officers
Post Council meeting review by Senior Director
500
550
600
650
700
750
800
Number ofAccreditedUnits
Over 750 Accredited Units in 29 Countries
Examples of Program Improvement Achieved Through Benchmarking by an Accreditation Process
Enhancing the level of veterinary care provided to animals
Ensuring a sound system of review of animal use proposals and of the animal program
Enhancing worker safety Providing enrichment to animals Reference to the 3Rs
Adequate Veterinary Care
Number of years of training Does this matter?
Experience With the species With the procedures (surgery, gavage, etc.)
Continuing education Staying current
Responsibility and authority
Example: Two Systems
2 or 4 years post-highschool
No to limited experience outside of the workplace
Limited authority in the program
Euthanize vs. treat
Well-credentialed Often have
experience outside primary place of employment
Role on the AEC Good program
authority
Example: For AAALAC
Appropriate training and experience required Good medical records, preventive medicine program,
surveillance program, etc.
Engaged role in the AEC Reviewing protocols, assisting with choice of drugs,
ensuring appropriate housing, etc.
Viewed as a partner in the research enterprise Offers guidance to facilitate research and ensure
animal welfare
Veterinary Care Program Resources FELASA
Guidelines for the Veterinary Care of Laboratory Animals
ACLAM Report of the American College of Laboratory
Animal Medicine on Adequate Veterinary Care in Research, Testing and Teaching
Assessing Institutional Attention to Pain and Distress?
Questions in AAALAC’s Program Description Review of select protocol forms Look at the animals and their medical records Review AEC processes
Program review Approval of pilot studies Guidelines, institutional policies
AAALAC International Program Description How and by whom are levels of pain
and distress assessed and categorized AEC guidelines for avoiding
unnecessary pain or distress Agents used for each species How veterinarian provides input to
choice and use of drugs
AAALAC International Program Description (con’t) How use of anesthetics and analgesics is
monitored Training and experience of personnel
performing anesthesia Methods of euthanasia for each species Training and experience of personnel
performing euthanasia
Protocol Review Elements
Consideration of analgesics suitability of agent dose
Consideration of adapting animals to restraint
Consideration of humane endpoints; clearly defined experimental endpoint
Commendations
Consideration of alternatives to painful procedures
Methods for postoperative care Multi-species environmental enrichment
program Training programs ...etc.
Concerns Addressed Following AAALAC Site Visit
Searches for alternatives to painful or distressful procedures
Re-reviewing protocols involving painful procedures
Intensifying consideration of analgesic use during protocol review
Concerns Addressed Following AAALAC Site Visit Improving consistency in the
categorization of studies vis-à-vis pain and distress (e.g., FCA)
Instituting procedures for assessing pain in the postoperative period
Intensifying review of humane endpoints during protocol review
Concerns Addressed Following AAALAC Site Visit
Emphasizing prevention of pain and distress during protocol review as well as during the AEC’s facilities inspection and program review
Specific Examples
Murine ascites production Guidelines for tail snip procedures Use of postoperative analgesics in
rodents Prompt reporting of animal health
problems (injury, disease, experimental outcome)
Benchmarking Through the AAALAC International Accreditation Process
Science-based standards Flexibility of performance standards Sensitivity to legal, cultural issues Cross fertilization through site visits Highlighting of best practices Continuous quality assessment process
In Summary….
Accreditation by AAALAC International is a valuable and integral component of any quality assessment benchmarking program Requires an extensive internal review Provides a comprehensive external review
Highlights areas of excellence Details a path for ongoing improvements
For more information….
AAALAC InternationalPacific Rim Office
68-3549 Makana Aloha PlaceWaikoloa, HI 96738
808.883.2186 phone808.883.1155 fax