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Allentown Education Programs

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The Continuing Education Seminar Series

In an effort to give back to the industry, Allentown has created the Continuing Education Seminar Series (CESS), an ongoing program of fully-acredited educational sessions designed to provide quality, non-sales oriented instruction on topics of critical importance to today's laboratory animal science professionals.

Sessions are complementary, and usually last one day for a single seminar. Also, in addition to offering valuable instruction, seminars satisfy AALAS standards and requirements, and provide continuing education credits for eligible participants.

Following is a select list of topics pulled from our
2011 CESS Curriculum:

Facility Designing for Accreditation	Aseptic Techniques in Rodents
Facility Sanitation: Background, Options, & Practical Process	A Healthy IACUC: The Requirements for Successful Programs
Adequate Veterinary Care: What Does it Mean?	Preparing for Laboratory For an IACUC Semi-Annual Assessment
Post Approval Monitoring / Compliance Monitoring	Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment in the Animal Facility
Ethics and Pain Management	Pain Management in Research Animals
Animal Procurement: Considerations and Processes	OHSP: Programs for Personal Safety in the Animal Facility
HVAC Training: What is Really Important	Rules and Regulations: USDA
Rules and Regulations: PHS / OLAW	Mouse Techniques
Rules and Regulations: The Guide & AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines	Rat Techniques, Management, Disease, and Therapies
Rabbit Techniques, Management, Disease, and Therapies	Hamster / Gerbil Techniques, Management, Disease, and Therapies
Guinea Pig Techniques, Management, Disease, and Therapies

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Technical Training Program

Allentown Inc. offers a wide range of training programs to keep you and your employees up to date on existing housing systems and other related technology.

All topics are eligible for Continuing Education credits for the purpose of the AALAS Registry and CMAR. In addition for the LAS Veterinarians the program may meet professional eligibility requirements for CEUs. As part of your Institutional mandatory training these topics should meet that requirement.

Our goal is to provide the highest quality solutions and unsurpassed service. To that end, we are dedicated to the biomedical research community through continual education programs and support.

Session Title	Syllabus	Details
IVC Systems Ventilated, PNC BCU Units	Overview and functions; Airflow patterns; Set up and start-up procedures; Maintenance/ calibration; Testing equipment and procedures; Cleaning and decontamination	Length: 1 hour Available CEU credits*: 1 Maximum number of participants per session: 10 (Hands on training with equipment)
Animal Health Monitoring	Murine Virus; Bacterial agents; Parasitic agents	Length: 1 hour Available CEU credits*: 1 Maximum number of participants per session: Unlimited (PowerPoint presentation)
Husbandry Techniques	Overview techniques; Review existing methods; Materials; Aseptic methods for cage & rodent manipulation	Length: 1 hour Available CEU credits*: 1 Maximum number of participants per session: 10 (Hands on training with equipment)
Animal Transfer Stations ATS, BSC, Dump Stations	Overview and functions; Airflow patterns; Set up and start-up procedures; Maintenance/ calibration; Testing equipment and procedures; Cleaning and decontamination	Length: 1 hour Available CEU credits*: 1 Maximum number of participants per session: 10 (Hands on training with equipment)
Air Flow Technology	Positive vs. Negative; How HEPA filters work; Certification of HEPA filters; Selecting the appropriate supply and exhaust systems	Length: 1 hour Available CEU credits*: 1 Maximum number of participants per session: Unlimited (PowerPoint presentation)

*Available CEU credits may be for more than 1 hour, especially when combining more than one topic in the training session and/or having both lecture and hands-on at the same training session.

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