The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) requires Universities with Public Health Service Funding to have a mandatory occupational health program for all animal users (regardless of funding status or source) as part of their Animal Welfare Assurance.
Each individual participating in University-approved animal work will be expected to submit the following form via the HIPAA-compliant links below:
- Have your vaccine and titer records available for submission in the form.
- Please respond to Occupational Health Provider regarding any questions, Ivinson Urgent Care will contact individuals directly with any questions or required follow-ups. It is essential to respond promptly to Ivinson Urgent Care regarding these inquiries or procedures. Failure to follow up will result in individuals not being cleared, which means they will not be permitted to work with animals.
- You will receive an email from Ivinson Urgent Care once you are cleared/not cleared to work with animals
- AOHSP-Form
- Any medical questions or concerns please contact - occmed@ivinsonhospital.org
Program Highlights
- Clearance is valid for three years. You must submit a new AOSHP form if any of the following changes occur:
- A change in your medical status (e.g., pregnancy, major medical diagnosis, or illness).
- A change in the species you handle (e.g., transitioning from mice to chipmunks).
- Ivinson Urgent Care will serve as our contracted Occupational Health Provider
- Animal users submit screening questionnaires through an online HIPAA-compliant portal
for review by Ivinson Urgent Care
- Ivinson Urgent Care will contact individuals directly with questions or required follow-up. UW staff will NOT have access to personal health information. Do NOT send UW employees your private health information (PHI)
- IACUC protocols - PI’s must certify participation in ROAMWyo Animal Oversight for
all researchers with more than incidental contact with animals
- REDD will confirm this via a list of “cleared” individuals provided by Ivinson Urgent Care
- Individuals will not be approved on new IACUC protocols until “cleared” by Ivinson Urgent Care
- Approximate Pricing:
- Each application is $150 plus any required additional services (vaccination, titer etc.)
- Rabies per injection-$500
- Rabies booster-$500
- Provider visit $175
- Please plan ahead—it could take 2 weeks to receive clearance from Ivinson Urgent Care to begin animal
work. If you know that you will need vaccinations (e.g. rabies) please plan accordingly
and begin this process as soon as possible. This is particularly important for seasonal
employees.
- Rabies titer takes to 2-4 weeks to be processed.
- All users must be cleared up to work with animals before handling them. Users who are not cleared will need to be removed from the protocol but can be added later once cleared
Additional Resources about UW's Animal Research Program can be found at: https://www.uwyo.edu/research/compliance/animal-care/index.html
Questions? Email kshimkus@uwyo.edu or iacuc@uwyo.edu
