Menu options and records

ANIMAL LIST

Displays a filterable list of the Animals in SensaLab Study

·        Complete listing of Animal Records restricted by user’s system roles and study access.

·        Filters and Sort Ordering on list using animal attributes and location.

·        Search field to filer and find animal records.

·        Add Animal Records.

·        Import Animal Records.

·        View an Animal Record.

·        Use Filters to filter data and change Sort Order

·        Use Search to filter the list

ANIMAL RECORD

This feature enables invidual records for each animal in the system to be defined. The records enable you to capture all attributes of the animal, notes, attachments and displays its location, recorded observations and its planned usage in a study or protocol.

·        Access to view and edit the record is restricted by the user’s system roles and study access.

·        Capture and view all animal attributes.

·        Capture multiple identification methods for an animal which includes a Visual and RFIDs.

·        Capture notes and add attachments to each individual animal record

·        View results from observations captured for a study or for other purpose

·        View the animal’s purpose in a study and its associated protocol

·        Locate the Animal in the facility

·        Strain, Genotype and Phenotype are managed configurable lists

·        Identification methods are configurable to use only organization approved methods

WORKBENCH

This feature enables you to create and manage cages: allocate animals to cages, allocate cages to racks and allocate cages of animals to existing protocols. You can also select animals in a cage that should be recorded as culled.

·        Create new cage

·        Allocate cage to rack

·        Allocate animals to or remove animals from a cage

·        Mark animals in a cage as culled

·        Allocate a cage of animals to a protocol

PROTOCOLS

This feature enables you to view a list of protocols and then to create and manage protocols or ethics licences to which approved studies can be attached. Protocols enables you to specify the number of animals permitted for study and allows you to track animal use and adverse mortality events.

·        Create and approve a new protocol

·        Attach the detailed protocol application

·        Allocate the number of animals approved to the protocol

·        Track the use of animals on your protocol

STUDIES

This feature enables you to view a list of studies and then to create and manage studies (or experiments).

·        Create and approve a new study

·        Control who can view study data and who can input study results

·        Upload your experiment design (NC3Rs EDA file)

·        Define the phases, experiments and test methods within the study

·        Define ethical endpoints for selected test methods

·        Enrol animals to specific experiment groups within phases

·        Track the use of animals on your study

·        Upload study documents, such as SOPs, results files, study images etc.

·        Review the results of your experiments

·        Export your study results for analysis

STUDY TASKS

This feature enables you to view tasks to which you have access rights, to input study results directly to study tasks and to create and complete ad hoc tasks, including animal observation results and test results within a study.

·        View and filter tasks by:

o    Time (past, overdue; due today, this week, in the next 2 weeks, in the next 4 weeks and completed)

o    Study, Phase, Experiment

·        Add an ad hoc animal observation outcome

·        Add an ad hoc experimental result

·        Add a result value to a scheduled study task

TEST METHODS

This feature enables your System Administrator to define the experimental procedures, observations, measurements, treatments and interventions permitted and used in your research.

·        Add Animal Test Methods for specific animal species and body parts

·        Add Other Test Methods with freeform descriptions and references to external material documentation

ORGANIZATION

This feature enables your System Administrator to define the location of racks within your organization, so that the location of your animals can be tracked within their cages.

·        Add your top level organization name and address

·        Add any subsidiary organizational units and their addresses

·        Add animal and research facilities to your organizational units

·        Add buildings to your facilities

·        Add rooms to your buildings

·        Add levels or zones to your rooms, if you segment animals or research activities within a room

·        Add racks to rooms, including reference data on the rack, such as manufacturer, types, make/model and capacity

USERS
(USER MANAGEMENT)

This feature enables your System Administrator to manage access rights to SensaLab Study  – who can login and what rights they have to features and records in SensaLab Study .

·        Create new users, providing their login credentials

·        Disable and remove users to restrict access rights

·        Assign role profiles to users to control access to functions and records / data (animals / studies)

·        Assign one of 3 profile options:

o Administrator

o Animal Technician

o Ethics Committee

SETTINGS

This feature enables your System Administrator to define key reference data to be used in your organization.

It also enables the organization to enforce a particular study design standard by requiring evidence of best practice study design thinking by requiring an NC3Rs Experimental Design Assistant file to be uploaded to a study before it can be approved and activated.

·        Define whether an NC3Rs EDA file is required as a prerequisite for study approval and activation

·        Define the permitted animal identification methods and details

·        Define the permitted animal strains, genotypes and phenotypes for use in studies