Resources

Publications, Articles and Presentations
by Dan Frasier, PE, Director of Commissioning Services

Publications

• Vivarium Sourcebook for Phoenix Controls
• Planning and Designing Research Animal Facilities, published by American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine: Chapter 34: Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning: Special Considerations

Articles

• ASHRAE 110 Standard: Containment Assurance or a False Sense of Security?, Laboratory Design Newsletter, a publication of R & D Magazine
• Meeting the BMBL Requirement of No Airflow Reversal from ABSL-3 and BSL-3 Rooms
• The Role of Commissioning in Biocontainment Facility Certification
• Case Study: Lessons Learned on Commissioning Service Scope Reductions
• Commissioning: Laboratory Animal Facilities
• Conclusive Vivarium Performance Through the Commissioning Process
• Facility design considerations for select agent animal research
• Environmental Controls (US Guidance)

  The Development of Science-based Guidelines for Laboratory Animal Care

  Proceedings of the November 2003 International Workshop
  National Research Council (US) Institute for Laboratory Animal Research.
  Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2004.
  ISBN-10: 0-309-09302-3 Copyright © 2004, National Academy of Sciences.

Presentations

• 2010 TurnKey Conference presentation
  Avoiding the Common Mistakes of Renovations for BSL3 Labs
  
• Eagleson Institute – three day course: Commissioning Biocontainment Laboratories
• Laboratories for the 21st Century, San Antonio, TX; November, 2006
  The USDA Ames Successful Approach to the Commissioning of Three Biocontainment Laboratories and a Central Utility System & Vivariums
• Laboratories for the 21st Century, Denver, CO; November, 2003
  Using the Commissioning Process to Improve Energy Efficiency in Existing Laboratories
  & Vivariums
• Laboratories for the 21st Century, Durham, NC; October, 2002
  Defining Environmental Control and Monitoring Requirements for Laboratory
  Animal Facilities
• ILAR International Workshop on Development of Science-Based Guidelines
  for Laboratory Animal Care – Environmental Controls

Laboratory Industry Links

Industry Associations

• American Biological Safety Association
• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers
• TC 2.2 Plant and Animal Environment
• Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International  
• Building Commissioning Association
• Center for Disease Control
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 
• Laboratory Animal Management Association
• National Fire Protection Association  
• National Institutes of Health  
• U.S. Green Building Council

Standards and Guidelines

• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL 5th Edition) 
• The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• NIH Design Policy and Guidelines, 2008
• SEFA 1-2002 Recommended Practices for Laboratory Fume Hoods
• Health Canada - Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines
• Canadian Council on Animal Care – Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals

Information on Select Agents

• American National Select Agent Registry (CDC)
• Center for Disease Control List
• USDA APHIS-Agricultural
• National Institutes of Health  
• Public Health Agency of Canada