General Discussions

Good Morning Lorraine, 
We have 4 cage card types (USDA/Procurement Card, Breeder Card, Weanling Card, and Blank Card). We use both, RFID & Barcodes, on the cards - RFID for census and location, Barcodes for Vet Care, etc. Our Cards contain three sections - an activation tear-off strip, a deactivation tear-off strip, and then the body of the card. 

For the weaned cages - we provide preprinted, but inactivated, cards to the Researchers. They are kept in shielded bags, which are stored in shielded cabinets within the rooms. As cards are needed for weaning, they pull cards from cabinet... write the number of animals weaned on the activation strip and remove the activation strip... then place the remainder of the card in the cage card holder. When they have completed all weaning activities, they place the activation strips in a collection box in the hallway. We empty the collection boxes every morning at 7am, activating the cards for the previous day. 

I've attached an image of the card design that we use. The diagonal lines on the back just represent where the modified metal cage card holders are positioned in relation to the RFID tag. 

Good Morning Lorraine, 
We have 4 cage card types (USDA/Procurement Card, Breeder Card, Weanling Card, and Blank Card). We use both, RFID & Barcodes, on the cards - RFID for census and location, Barcodes for Vet Care, etc. Our Cards contain three sections - an activation tear-off strip, a deactivation tear-off strip, and then the body of the card. 

For the weaned cages - we provide preprinted, but inactivated, cards to the Researchers. They are kept in shielded bags, which are stored in shielded cabinets within the rooms. As cards are needed for weaning, they pull cards from cabinet... write the number of animals weaned on the activation strip and remove the activation strip... then place the remainder of the card in the cage card holder. When they have completed all weaning activities, they place the activation strips in a collection box in the hallway. We empty the collection boxes every morning at 7am, activating the cards for the previous day. 

I've attached an image of the card design that we use. The diagonal lines on the back just represent where the modified metal cage card holders are positioned in relation to the RFID tag. 

Good Morning Lorraine, 
We have 4 cage card types (USDA/Procurement Card, Breeder Card, Weanling Card, and Blank Card). We use both, RFID & Barcodes, on the cards - RFID for census and location, Barcodes for Vet Care, etc. Our Cards contain three sections - an activation tear-off strip, a deactivation tear-off strip, and then the body of the card. 

For the weaned cages - we provide preprinted, but inactivated, cards to the Researchers. They are kept in shielded bags, which are stored in shielded cabinets within the rooms. As cards are needed for weaning, they pull cards from cabinet... write the number of animals weaned on the activation strip and remove the activation strip... then place the remainder of the card in the cage card holder. When they have completed all weaning activities, they place the activation strips in a collection box in the hallway. We empty the collection boxes every morning at 7am, activating the cards for the previous day. 

I've attached an image of the card design that we use. The diagonal lines on the back just represent where the modified metal cage card holders are positioned in relation to the RFID tag. 

Good Morning Lorraine, 
We have 4 cage card types (USDA/Procurement Card, Breeder Card, Weanling Card, and Blank Card). We use both, RFID & Barcodes, on the cards - RFID for census and location, Barcodes for Vet Care, etc. Our Cards contain three sections - an activation tear-off strip, a deactivation tear-off strip, and then the body of the card. 

For the weaned cages - we provide preprinted, but inactivated, cards to the Researchers. They are kept in shielded bags, which are stored in shielded cabinets within the rooms. As cards are needed for weaning, they pull cards from cabinet... write the number of animals weaned on the activation strip and remove the activation strip... then place the remainder of the card in the cage card holder. When they have completed all weaning activities, they place the activation strips in a collection box in the hallway. We empty the collection boxes every morning at 7am, activating the cards for the previous day. 

I've attached an image of the card design that we use. The diagonal lines on the back just represent where the modified metal cage card holders are positioned in relation to the RFID tag. 

Good Morning Lorraine,
We have 4 cage card types (USDA/Procurement Card, Breeder Card, Weanling Card, and Blank Card). We use both, RFID & Barcodes, on the cards - RFID for census and location, Barcodes for Vet Care, etc. Our Cards contain three sections - an activation tear-off strip, a deactivation tear-off strip, and then the body of the card. 

For the weaned cages - we provide preprinted, but inactivated, cards to the Researchers. They are kept in shielded bags, which are stored in shielded cabinets within the rooms. As cards are needed for weaning, they pull cards from cabinet... write the number of animals weaned on the activation strip and remove the activation strip... then place the remainder of the card in the cage card holder. When they have completed all weaning activities, they place the activation strips in a collection box in the hallway. We empty the collection boxes every morning at 7am, activating the cards for the previous day. 

I've attached an image of the card design that we use. The diagonal lines on the back just represent where the modified metal cage card holders are positioned in relation to the RFID tag. 

Good Morning Lorraine,
We have 4 cage card types (USDA/Procurement Card, Breeder Card, Weanling Card, and Blank Card). We use both, RFID & Barcodes, on the cards - RFID for census and location, Barcodes for Vet Care, etc. Our Cards contain three sections - an activation tear-off strip, a deactivation tear-off strip, and then the body of the card. 

For the weaned cages - we provide preprinted, but inactivated, cards to the Researchers. They are kept in shielded bags, which are stored in shielded cabinets within the rooms. As cards are needed for weaning, they pull cards from cabinet... write the number of animals weaned on the activation strip and remove the activation strip... then place the remainder of the card in the cage card holder. When they have completed all weaning activities, they place the activation strips in a collection box in the hallway. We empty the collection boxes every morning at 7am, activating the cards for the previous day. 

I've attached an image of the card design that we use. The diagonal lines on the back just represent where the modified metal cage card holders are positioned in relation to the RFID tag. 

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Evins Wardlaw
Database Analyst of Bioresources
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Original Message:
Sent: 07-06-2021 06:28
From: Lorraine Bell
Subject: Vivarium Operations - cage cards for new cages

All,

For those of you who are using Cayuse for animal inventory, how do you handle the creation of new cage cards for weaned or separated cages?    Do you have pre-printing of cage cards for protocols?   Do you have paper request forms or electronic request forms?

Currently we're using paper request forms and as I'm sure you can imagine deciphering handwriting can be a challenge.   Toss in the occasional researcher who will appear to just make up their protocol numbers or account numbers and it can be a real headache.   So I'm interested in how other facilities solve those problems.

Thanks much,
Lorraine

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Lorraine Bell
Training Program Coordinator
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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