Associating Procedures to Locations:

 

The system provides a parameter PROCEDURE_VIEW_MODE within System Admin page that allows implementing institutions to allow the association location and procedures to be at a Species Level OR at a Species/Group level.

 

For e.g. Consider the scenario that surgery needs to be performed on 30 count of the species “Alkali Fly”.  The researcher might create two experimental groups to handle variation in process/procedure on subsets of the same species. Some of the Alkali Fly will undergo surgery at one location and the remaining Alkali Fly will go through surgery at a different location. They can create Group B to handle 20 count of the species “Alkali Fly” and Group C to handle 10 count of the species “Alkali Fly”.

 

The parameter PROCEDURE_VIEW_MODE gives implementing institutions the flexibility of associating a location to the entire species “Alkali Fly” OR to associate a location to the different experimental groups for the species “Alkali Fly”

 

Ø With the PROCEDURE_VIEW_MODE set to “S”, a location such as Surgery Suite, 123 can be associated to the procedure only at the species level. With this parameter value setting, if a subset of the species Alkali Fly is going through surgery at a different location that distinction cannot be shown since the association of location to the procedures is done at a species level.

 

Figure 1120 IACUC Protocol document/Procedures/Locations/Assign/Edit Procedures with PROCEDURE_VIEW_MODE set to “S”,

 

Ø With the PROCEDURE_VIEW_MODE set to “G”, ”, a location such as Surgery Suite, 123 can be associated to the procedure at the Species/Group level. With this parameter value setting, if only a subset of the Species Alkali Fly is going through surgery at Surgery Suite, 123, only that experimental group for Alkali Fly needs to be selected to associate with the location.

 

Figure 1121 IACUC Protocol document/Procedures/Locations/Assign/Edit Procedures with PROCEDURE_VIEW_MODE set to “G”,

 

The researcher can associate a species and the procedure to be performed on it, to the person by checking the box beside the procedure. Click within the checkbox to select the item.  A check mark appears within the checkbox to indicate the item is selected.  Click within the checkbox again to clear the mark and deselect the item.

 

 Click within the checkbox for “ALL PROCEDURES” to automatically select all procedures.