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The following testimonials outline some of the benefits of the REACTOR application:

Executive Director, UCLA-DLAM:

Until recently, individual health reporting and record keeping in research animal facilities was reserved for large species. Many ‘progressive’ institutions extended this courtesy also to small animal species covered under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The often heard rationale for excluding the vast majority of non-AWA rodents is that the maintenance of individual records for these animals is onerous and ties up valuable resources. To dispel this concept UCLA-DLAM has deployed an application called REACTOR. The application is web based and provides a means for Animal Health Technicians and Veterinarians to collect, manage, and report on substantial health and welfare data.

Marshall Reed, Manager of Information Systems, UCLA-DLAM:

	Healthy Rodents = Healthy Research
	Clinical Observation Templates facilitate consistent Rodent Health Reporting for both Animal Welfare Act (AWA) covered rodents and non-AWA species
	Increases Vet-Tech work load efficiencies
	Enables standardization of Terminology throughout the Rodent Health Reporting Life-Cycle
	Enhances Facility Health Reporting and Trend Analysis
	Provides granular views of individual Rodent Health records
	Extensible to Health Reporting for covered species
	Intuitive Graphical Web Display Allows Sorting\Grouping by: Facility, Room, Rack, Investigator, Animal ID, and more…
	Provides for Increased Collaboration between Lab Animal Veterinarians and Principal investigator/Staff to enhance compliance success rates and reduce costly research delays caused by rodent health issues.
	Facilitates greater compliance with IACUC policies
	Provides for better adherence to “Three R” principles of (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement)

REACTOR positives from current and formater UCLA-DLAM staff:

	Permits veterinary and husbandry staff to collect a significant amount of data
	Supports veterinary care and regulatory compliance; the latter being both of facilities and animal issues
	Minimum data requirements can be mandated
	Immediate availability with Wi-Fi/3G enabled devices
	Data generated cage-side supports each additional component of the process
	Written investigator notification with supporting description and/or photo; option to notify a whole lab group when the targeted person is unavailable due to illness, vacation, travel
	Provides written records of communications with sufficient data
	Provides investigator assistance
	Veterinary staff contact
	Additional information about the condition, including possible research interference of the condition
	Treatment information (what to use, how often, where to get the treatment medication, documentation requirements, vet contact info for questions) and possible research interference
	Permits a PI to delegate euthanasia responsibility for select cases (some PIs may want all cases of ulcerative dermatitis euthanized vs. undergoing a lengthy, frequently unrewarding treatment)
	Support PI research data collection (for example, reporting conditions consistent with a particular research model)
	Animal death notification
	Documents clinical caseload of the veterinary staff
	Permits determination of veterinary staff function of veterinary care (case identification, diagnosis, treatment recommendation, and monitoring case progression) vs. regulatory compliance (did the PI/animal user treats the case).
	Permits clinical statistics (% cure, sex predilection, % euthanized, most effective treatment plan)
	Permits easy data transfer to other team members (Pathologist, IACUC, administrators)