332 HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH 
Technical competence to carry out prescribed postoperative care procedures, such as 
administering drugs and intravenous injections, is another responsibility of the hospital 
vivarium. 
Cleanliness is an essential element in the proper care of animals and is 
mandatory in laboratory animal facilities. Accordingly, regardless of their 
size, the facilities should provide for convenient and efficient cleaning and 
for effective control of vermin, rodents, and other pests. Additional requirements 
in a complete facility include areas for storage and preparation of animal diets : 
for sanitary disposal of waste; and for cleaning, washing, and disinfecting of 
animal cages and equipment. Other mandatory services are the provision of 
daily care ; provision for diagnosis, control and treatment of nonexperimentally 
induced animal diseases ; and if surgery is performed, provision of operative and 
postoperative facilities appropriate for the species and purposes of the work. 
Animal quarters at the Memorial Hospital of Long Beach (Calif.) are in a 
well lighted room, with cages elevated for ease in cleaning and in feeding the 
animals. 
Two examples will serve to illustrate different types of hospital animal 
facilities. St. Jude’s Hospital, a 120-bed community hospital in Fullerton, 
Calif., recently constructed a compact 800-square-foot research building, with 
an additional 600 square feet for outdoor animal runs (see figure 1). The cage 
room and runs provide for approximately 24 dogs. A separate room is available 
for housing small animals, or for expanding the dog-housing capacity to 45. The 
building includes laboratory facilities and an operating room for sterile surgery. 
A local veterinary practitioner designed this functional facility in conjunction 
with the hospital staff and serves as its consultant director. 11 
u The laboratory animal facilities of St. Jude’s Hospital are described through the 
courtesy of Frederick P. Sattler, D.V.M., Fullerton, Calif., and Thomas Jones, M.D., director 
of research. 
