IACUC Continuing Reviews

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Continuing review is a single page form, required annually, that asks for a summary, description of any adverse or unanticipated events, and animal usage for the past year.

Note: If you are submitting a continuing review, you are unable to edit any part of the protocol. If you have changes that need to be made, you must submit a separate amendment submission for IACUC review and approval. See the section on amendments for more information. 

To submit a continuing review, follow the steps below.

Begin a Continuing Review

Click on the link to the protocol workspace from the email about the approaching renewal deadline OR open the protocol workspace following these steps:

  1. Log in to CATS IACUC (http://iacuc.psu.edu).
  2. Click Submissions in the left sidebar menu.
  3. Click on the Active tab.
  4. Click on the Name of the protocol that is due for continuing review to access the protocol workspace.

Next, select "Create Continuing Review" from the Next Steps menu as pictured below.

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Then, complete the pages of the continuing review form.

NOTE: Report animal usage in a Continuing Review by updating the "Animal Use Count." Select the blue bubble with the question mark for examples of how animal usuages should be reported for various protocol types. See the image and table below for further details.

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Help Text Example

Breeding Only

Date Used Species Number Used Comments

Enter the date of this report (today's date) 

Mice (Laboratory) 

100 

20 offspring produced but not used; 10 used in breeding; 70 transferred to research 

 

 

Additional examples are available in the help text. 

Submit the Review

The review is ready to submit after the final page is complete. To submit the Review, select “Save” and then “Exit” to return to “Next Steps” menu. 

 

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In the “Next Steps” menu, there is the “Submit” button. Select “Submit” to send the review to the IACUC.

 

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Reviews sucessfully sent to the IACUC will change the submission to a “Pre-review” state. 

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