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Practical considerations for disaster preparedness and continuity management in research facilities

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Many research facility managers, veterinarians and directors are familiar with the principles of Good Laboratory Practice, requirements of the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International, tenets of biosecurity and standards of animal welfare and housing but may be less familiar with the ideas of business continuity. But business continuity considerations are as applicable to research facilities as they are to other institutions. The authors discuss how business continuity principles can be applied in the research context and propose that such application, or 'research continuity management,' enables a focused but wide-reaching approach to disaster preparedness.

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  1. Agenda Resource Management, Hull, UK

    Norman Mortell

  2. Support4rs, Birmingham, UK

    Sam Nicholls

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Mortell, N., Nicholls, S. Practical considerations for disaster preparedness and continuity management in research facilities. Lab Anim 42, F18–F24 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban.391

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