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CAGE PROCESSING in Animal Facilities - Felasa

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7.1 Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 487.1.1 Wash<strong>in</strong>g .................................................................................................................................... 487.1.2 Decontam<strong>in</strong>ation ....................................................................................................................... 487.1.3 R<strong>in</strong>s<strong>in</strong>g ...................................................................................................................................... 487.1.4 Dry<strong>in</strong>g ........................................................................................................................................ 487.2 Test procedures for wash<strong>in</strong>g and decontam<strong>in</strong>ation of cages, racks, and wire lids .................... 487.2.1 Setup of test strips and test parameters ................................................................................... 487.2.1.1 Cage bases ............................................................................................................................... 497.2.1.1.1 Number of test strips per cage base ......................................................................................... 497.2.1.1.2 Test setup .................................................................................................................................. 497.2.1.2 Wire lid ...................................................................................................................................... 497.2.1.2.1 Number of test strips per wire lid ............................................................................................... 497.2.1.2.2 Test setup .................................................................................................................................. 507.2.1.3 Racks (cage racks as well as storage and transport racks) ...................................................... 507.2.1.3.1 Number of test strips per rack ................................................................................................... 507.2.1.3.2 Test setup for IVC racks ............................................................................................................ 507.2.1.3.3 Test setup for storage and transport racks ................................................................................ 517.2.1.4 IVC filter tops ............................................................................................................................. 517.2.2 Test procedures for evaluat<strong>in</strong>g the wash<strong>in</strong>g of cage bases, wire lids, and racks ...................... 527.2.2.1 Produc<strong>in</strong>g the test soil<strong>in</strong>g .......................................................................................................... 537.2.2.2 Test strips for clean<strong>in</strong>g evaluation ............................................................................................. 537.2.3 Test procedures for evaluat<strong>in</strong>g the decontam<strong>in</strong>ation of cage bases, wire lids, and racks ......... 537.2.3.1 Test organism ............................................................................................................................ 537.2.3.2 Test strip for decontam<strong>in</strong>ation evaluation .................................................................................. 547.2.3.3 Contam<strong>in</strong>ation ........................................................................................................................... 547.2.3.4 Evaluation of test strips ............................................................................................................. 547.3 Test procedures for wash<strong>in</strong>g and decontam<strong>in</strong>ation of water bottles ......................................... 557.3.1 Wash<strong>in</strong>g .................................................................................................................................... 557.3.1.1 Produc<strong>in</strong>g the test soil<strong>in</strong>g .......................................................................................................... 557.3.1.2 Apply<strong>in</strong>g the test soil<strong>in</strong>g ............................................................................................................ 557.3.2 Decontam<strong>in</strong>ation ....................................................................................................................... 567.4 Test procedures for confirm<strong>in</strong>g the r<strong>in</strong>s<strong>in</strong>g cage bases, wire lids, racks, water bottles,and bottle caps .......................................................................................................................... 577.5 Test procedures for dry<strong>in</strong>g cage bases ..................................................................................... 577.6 Types of test procedure ............................................................................................................. 597.6.1 Test at the manufacturer’s site (type test) ................................................................................. 597.6.2 Test after assembly ................................................................................................................... 607.6.3 Periodic <strong>in</strong>spection on-site ........................................................................................................ 607.6.4 Extraord<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>in</strong>spections .......................................................................................................... 617.7 Bottle caps ................................................................................................................................ 618 Ecological requirements ........................................................................................................ 619 Potential defects and damages <strong>in</strong> items for process<strong>in</strong>g ..................................................... 649.1 Material haze (when us<strong>in</strong>g polycarbonate) ............................................................................... 649.2 Deposits .................................................................................................................................... 659.3 Stress / micro cracks ................................................................................................................. 659.4 Deformations ............................................................................................................................. 669.5 Corrosion/pitt<strong>in</strong>g/extraneous rust <strong>in</strong> sta<strong>in</strong>less steel (AISI 304, AISI 316) .................................. 679.6 Problems dur<strong>in</strong>g treatment of the bottle dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g nipples .......................................................... 679.7 Criteria for screen<strong>in</strong>g damaged material ................................................................................... 6710 Literature, standards, publications ....................................................................................... 6711 Terms/def<strong>in</strong>itions .................................................................................................................... 69Cage Process<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Facilities</strong> · 4th issue · 2013 5

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