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HumanAnimal Interactions in the Research Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
HumanAnimal Interactions in the Research Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief
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Despite the growing recognition of the workplace impacts of the human–animal bond in biomedical research, systematic studies that identify, evaluate, and provide metrics on these issues are lacking. Furthermore, although there is a tendency to think that only those working directly with animals are impacted by compassion fatigue, other individuals involved in laboratory animal science -- including animal care facility management, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
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" Caring with Empathy Leads to Better Animal Welfare There are ways to address pain or distress through the relationships between animal caregivers and laboratory animals, Graham said. Graham noted empirical evidence from human clinical settings showing that empathetic, relationshipbased care and control over their environment helped reduce patients' anxiety and resulted in better patient health outcomes.
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Schuppli echoed this theme, noting that although some people in the focus groups were concerned about the consequences of becoming attached to laboratory animals and worried that it would be harder to sacrifice them, others were grateful that caring with empathy ensured that their animals had lived "a fun and happy life." UNDERSTANDING COMPASSION FATIGUE IN THE LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE FIELD Even when animals are treated humanely and benefit from a strong bond with their caregivers, laboratory animal caregivers can still experience feelings of grief, guilt, and frustration at having to induce disease or euthanize laboratory animals. Over time, these emotions can lead to compassion fatigue (see Box 2)
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Washington, DC: Humane Society Press. Acknowledging that compassion fatigue exists and providing support in the workplace are important, but many members of the laboratory animal science community feel unable to talk about their work due to the societal stigma around the use of animals in laboratory science.
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Working so closely with aging animals for many years could make it difficult and stressful for caregivers to make end-of-life decisions about the animals in their care, Mattison concluded. STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING COMPASSION RESILIENCY While compassion fatigue is a normal consequence of caring, we can learn ways to improve the support system within the laboratory animal workplace to become more resilient and avoid becoming overwhelmed, shutting down, or leaving the animal care profession altogether, said Nguyen.
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Emotional Support for Laboratory Animal Caregivers Nguyen discussed how the needs assessment also identified the need for support of staff, such as having a dedicated phone line or email account answered by members of the research community who have experience with compassion fatigue. In addition, the University of Washington's animal use training and occupational health modules now mention compassion fatigue, Nguyen said.
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Congress received more mail about animal care issues than about civil rights and the war in Vietnam combined. The growing societal interest in animal rights issues led to the passage of the Animal Welfare Act in 1966, Locke said (see Box 3)
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Bennett emphasized the importance of institutional buy-in, including support from campus public relations staff, legal counsel, security, and government affairs staff, as well as the Board of Trustees. One successful strategy was to work with the campus newspaper, which resulted in a centerfold story, illustrated with several photographs, about the work carried out at campus animal care facilities.
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, University of Washington; Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, University of California, Los Angeles; Patricia Turner, Charles River Laboratories; Mary Ann Vasbinder, GlaxoSmithKline. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE ON SCIENCE AND WELFARE IN LABORATORY ANIMAL USE The roundtable was created to promote the responsible use of animals in science, provide a balanced and civil forum to stimulate dialogue and collaboration, and help build trust and transparency among stakeholders.
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; Massachusetts General Hospital; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Medical College of Wisconsin; MedImmune; Merck & Co., Inc.; National Institutes of Health's Office of Animal Care and Use, Office of Extramural Research, Office of Intramural Research, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Office of Research Services' Division of Veterinary Resources; National Science Foundation through grant no. IOS-1639899; Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; University of Miami; University of Michigan; University of Pittsburgh; U.S.
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