Mind Mapping
Last month we said that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” well this month we’ll continue with that theme. With flowcharting we showed that an outline for an SOP could be developed using a set of...
View ArticleWriting Action Steps
Did you get to use all the colored markers you bought on your mind map? Are you now an expert at flowcharting and want to flowchart everything? Super, well now it’s time to translate those pictorial...
View ArticleWriting Action Steps, Part II
So are you applying the first five Writing Action Step principles?Using Simple Command StatementsKeep Action Steps SimpleAvoid the Passive VoiceIdentify the Responsible PersonUse Quantitative...
View ArticleThrow Away Your SOPs!
Welcome to the first installment of “What’s That Engineer Doing in My Vivarium” where we will share with you all types of information and insight on new methods and technology that can be applied in...
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Lab Animal Care: Guidelines to Good Practice in Housing and Handling
A checklist for good practice when caring for rodents in the laboratory.read more
View ArticleSince You Asked..."How do you determine appropriate workloads for technicians?"
This question was sent in by a reader and is no doubt one that many people are dealing with on a daily basis. We asked Michele Whelan with The Jackson Laboratory to provide a few thoughts in response...
View ArticleCreating a Great Place to Work: The Basics
People are happier at work when they can be themselves. That means the enterprise takes account of both emotion and intellect when setting policy, and employees can be transparent rather than...
View ArticleLean in the Lab: A Primer
Learn what being Lean means and how it was successfully implemented at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Comparative Medicine.Organisations are hierarchical; processes flow horizontally. It...
View ArticleSince You Asked... AAALAC Site Visit Preparation
“What are some tips for AAALAC site visit preparation?”This question was sent in by a reader, and is one that we hear often at the TurnKey Conference. We asked Angie Heiser, BS, RLATg, CMAR, Facility...
View ArticleEnrichment Impact on Post-Surgical Recovery
Knowledge and understanding of the fundamental biological requirements and the impact of the laboratory environment on laboratory animal species continues to be a topic of debate among the research...
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