Vivarium Laboratory Staffing Services

Experienced animal care technicians provide services within your Animal Care Facility (ACF). Services include backup personnel to support the primary technician functions and ensure sustainable coverage 365 days a year. Typical vivarium husbandry specialist services may include: 

• Providing daily health observations and reporting (including holidays)
• Preparing and processing animal deliveries and other vivarium supplies
• Conducting cage changing as needed
• Facility cleaning and biohazard waste processing
• Maintaining routine documentation relevant to animal husbandry duties (room logs, feed bins, validating sterile equipment, etc.)

Trained research associates and technicians are available for specialized research support. Typical services include:

• Conducting daily health observations (as requested)
• Reporting of abnormalities (animal health, facility, etc.)
• Aiding with dosing procedures (IV, IM, SQ, IP, PO)
• Supporting animal surgery recovery
• Assisting with necropsy

• Provides programmatic oversight for animal care and facility operations to ensure regulatory and protocol compliance
• Ensures animal welfare standards are maintained throughout the research process
• Forecasts space and equipment needs, as well as appropriate staffing levels and support programs
• Maintains AAALAC accreditation, oversees USDA and IACUC compliance, and prepares for audits and inspections
• Establishes standard operating procedures and policies to reflect best practices

A Veterinarian provides expert oversight to ensure animal health and welfare and ensures all research activities are in compliance with regulatory bodies for optimal study outcomes.  

• Provides clinical oversight to ensure animal health and protocol compliance
• Ensures health concerns are addressed  
• Reviews protocols and IACUC submissions to align with regulatory standards
• Guides dosing, surgical procedures, and clinical care

Our vivarium management service offers recruiting and management for roles that work exclusively for your facility, ranging from several entry-level to senior-director-level vivarium staff. It relieves your biotech, pharma, academic, or government organization of human resource and employee management costs and time burdens.

We currently offer part-time and full-time vivarium and animal care staffing services for junior-level and senior-level positions in most major biohubs. We have alternative vivarium staffing support options if you are located outside of these areas. Contact us to discuss.

We currently offer vivarium staffing and management services for rodent (rat and mouse) research facilities. Our staffing and recruitment services are provided for all commonly used laboratory animal species, including USDA-regulated species.

We offer optional technical and fully outsourced study services for supplemental support, including procedures like dosing, study measurements, tissue collection, and necropsy to help stay on track and reach your goals.

Yes. We offer our Insourcing Solutions^® full-time staffing, training, and compliance education services in Europe. Contact one of our representatives to discuss your needs.

Our Insourcing Solutions team has helped research organizations resolve chronic turnover, expand research despite a hiring freeze, and avoid loss of funding through leveraging our vivarium staffing, training, and regulatory guidance services.

• Accreditation-ready training programs
• Environmental health and safety
• Animal welfare and risk assessment
• In vitro and in vivo laboratory training
• Regulatory compliance
• Quality assurance and quality control
• Biomethodology of the mouse and rat
• Leadership and management development
• Technical skill training
• Train-the-trainer programs

Contact us to request more information.