Dressing for Success: Choosing Garbing Standards for the Laboratory Animal Facility
Michael P. McGarry PhD1
& Timothy A. Martin DVM, MBA2
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McGarry is affiliated with the Lab Animal Resource Core and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic−Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ 85259
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Martin is affiliated with the Animal Care Program, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85013 and Mayo Clinic−Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ 85259.
Correspondence should be addressed to Michael P. McGarry PhD Please send reprint requests to McGarry at Animal Care Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85287, or email:
The animal research literature devotes much attention to the function of clothing and personal protective equipment in preventing transmission of zoonotic diseases from animal to human, but has said comparatively little about the potential for transmission of disease from human to animal. The authors consider appropriate garbing standards for personnel charged with various tasks within the animal facility, emphasizing the protection of animals from potential health threats.
