The cage cards should immediately be placed in one of the drop off locations designated by the Animal Facility. If you are uncertain of the drop off location for your cage cards, please contact our animal technician. The Laboratory of Animal Services animal technician will pick up these cage cards and return them to the Office of Animal Resources where the conclusion date on the cage card is inputted into the computer. If the cage card does not show a specific conclusion date then the date the cage card was returned to the Office of Animal Resources will be used as the date of conclusion. A computerized database generates bills for per diems on a monthly cycle.
Billing is based on the cage card begin and end dates.
If a cage card has not been concluded in the database it will be billed for the entire month. It is very important for regulatory purposes and for our billing process that all cages have cage cards and that concluded cage cards are returned on a timely basis and properly completed with a conclusion date. All Rights Reserved. The Thomas Jefferson University web site, its contents and programs, is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice nor is it intended to create any physician-patient relationship. Please remember that this information should not substitute for a visit or a consultation with a health care provider.