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Oversee 27 employees in various section including Animal Husbandry, Glassware, Cage Wash and Veterinary Technical Services including Containment. Perform annual reviews and also ongoing and periodic. Assist with room assignments for Private Investigator. Census of Animal Inventory Records for per-diem rates using excel spread sheets. Revising and writing of Standard Operating Procedure for all Husbandry functions Complete annual reviews for staff on a semi-annual and annual bases.Provide American Association of Laboratory Animal Science exam training to all staff weekly.Perform routine facility inspection of the Bio-Safety Level 1-2 Animal rooms.Training of staff on some technical procedures, such has blood draws, Intramuscular, Sub-Q/ Intraperitoneal /Intradermal injections with Non-Human Primates, Mice, Hamster, and Guinea Pigs.Insure all Good Laboratory Practices training files are in compliance to Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance Office.Work with Department of Animal Husbandry, Chief on setting time tables for Good Laboratory Practices studies. Ensure all Work Orders to various Good Laboratory Practices Training equipment is completed and perform Quarterly Audits. Work with the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support System for Work Order management with Facility Management Branch. Retrieve data and validate Hobo and Data logger Software for Good Laboratory Practices Training Studies.Help with validating and maintaining Good Laboratory Practices Training Certified Equipment, such as Cage Wash and Glassware. Removal and displacing of the Hazardous materials from biocontaiment waste, pre-conceive waste, and other general waste materials. Assist in performing animal husbandry duties such as performing cage changing, feeding, environmental enrichment, health surveillance, room disinfected, and other sanitation duties.Reviewing of procedures and documents in regards to Bio-Safety Level 3-4 areas.

Complete Intravenous Vein and Jugular vein Blood Draws for Non-Human Primates (Rhesus, Sq. Monkey, Marmoset) Completed surgeries using a catheter which is implanted into the femoral, jugular or iliac veins. Pre-operative protocol completed including checking vitals, sanitation of surgery site, EKG, and anesthesia administration. Postoperative protocol completed includes monitoring animal pain and administering medicine as necessary, checking vitals, electrocardiogram, care of surgical site, and additional treatment as necessary throughout duration of study. Suture wounds using various types of stitching. Complete daily animal evaluations including health checks, dental, and physical examinations. Complete radiology testing as necessary. Record and administer treatments. Created and reviewed Standard Operating Procedure and client protocols. Complete specimen collection, Intramuscular, Sub-Q, Intraperitoneal, Intradermal injections, and oral gavages on Non-human primate. Administer and read TB testing of non-human primates. Process blood samples and other various cell samples for Histology.Maintain technical and office supplies. Order supplies as needed. Maintain inventory of pharmaceutical drugs and keep log of dosages used. Familiar with sterilization techniques (i.e. auto clave, alcohol prep, cidex) Chemical and manual restraint Non-human Primates.Managed multiple studies at a time for various private investigators. .Worked with Mice, Rats, Hamster, Guinea Pigs, Swine, and various NHP’s collecting blood samples. Perform PCR, and plaque assays for various GLP studies. Work on surgeries implanting headmount units to Rats (Long Evans & Swiss Webster). Perform health duties to rodents when written up. This includes given fluids SQ and performing life-saving measure to insure rodents were kept at a humane level. Worked on sentinel program which includes collecting Parasitology and screening for pinworm and other parasites.

Cleaning and moving of animal racks, Sanitization of animal rooms, Animal Health Checks, Feeding of Animals.Knowledge of enrichment program.Promoted to Animal TechnicianDrawing blood from Non-human Primates, Urine Collection, Fecal Collection, and Administration of treatments, Intramuscular, Sub-Q, Intraperitoneal, Intradermal injections, Data Management/Record keeping, TB Testing/Reading of test.Completed Jugular vein Blood Draws Canines. Use of Dataquest A.R.T. telemetry system on non-human primate and canine studies. Completed telemetry/VAP (Vascular Access Port) surgeries using a catheter which is implanted into the femoral/jugular vein. The telemetry/VAP device is placed sub-q above the intercostal space. Preoperative protocol included checking vitals, sanitation of surgery site, electrocardiogram, and anesthesia administration. Postoperative protocol included monitoring animal pain and administering medicine as necessary, checking vitals, electrocardiogram, care of surgical site, and additional treatment as necessary throughout duration of study. Sutured wounds using various types of stitching (i.e. mattress stitch, cross over stitch, single layer stitch, etc).Completed daily animal evaluations including health checks, dental, and physical examinations. Complete radiology testing as necessary. Record and administer treatments. Created and reviewed Standard Operating Procedure and client protocols. Process blood samples and other various cell samples for Histology.Maintain technical and office supplies. Order supplies as needed. Maintain inventory of pharmaceutical drugs and keep log of dosages used. Key trainer duties include training staff and awarding certifications for surgical and technical procedures. Worked with Mice, Rats, Dogs, Guinea Pigs, and all types of Primates. Managed staff up to 15 on Caretaking and Cage wash areas. Training new staff when hired.Made schedules for work and personal time off.

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