Dog runs are hosed out twice a day into a gutter in the floor at the back of the run. Dog cages for quarantine room have a pan below expanded metal floor. These pans are removed and cleaned out twice a day into the floor drain. Rabbit drop pans are changed three times a week. Guinea pigs in solid bottom cages are changed three times a week.
Soiled bedding is removed from the cages in the dirty side of the cage wash room.
Except for hazardous material bedding, which is removed in the animal holding room under special procedures. Dirty cages are transported to the cage wash room. The cage wash room in the MEB has two double door Better Built machines. One is a model 5500 and the other is a Model 6200. In the Science Building, there is a Better Built Model 5000 cage washer.