It’s that time of year! Here in Texas, the weather is a little cooler, Halloween candy is in the stores, and USDA reports are being generated! These reports are required by the Animal Welfare Act and must be submitted by December 1st, so October is when most folks start working on them. This year, we have the …
As mentioned in the previous blog post, TOPAZ Reporter is a module of the Elements suite that provides a very powerful ad-hoc report-building tool. Reporter provides the customer with the ability to generate a wide range of reports covering compliance, facility operations, and animal health data that can include a host of advanced features such as …
The 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law on December 13, 2016, is designed to help accelerate medical product development and bring innovations and new advances to patients who need them faster and more efficiently. The Cures Act sought to “catalyze development of new medical technologies at a unique moment in history when fundamental advances in our …
The use of RFID technology to ease the tracking of cages in the animal facility has taken a long time to take off. It was at least 15 years ago when TOPAZ presented RFID technology to our Annual User Conference in the full expectation that within a few years, everyone would be using it! In practice the …
When working with our Human Protocols module users (aka “IRB”) we often encounter questions about the “new common rule” and how the rule changes are supported within Elements. As you probably know, implementation of the rule has been delayed by the DHHS until (at least) July 19th, but many institutions are wisely gearing up to …
PRIM&R TOPAZ has been an exhibitor at the PRIM&R IACUC conference for many years and 2018 is no exception. This year our GM, Aaron Plante will be representing TOPAZ at the meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Aaron will be at the booth in the exhibitor room on March 19th and 20th, so stop by and see …
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