Training

To ensure we meet expectations of our internal and external clientele, our team members go through continuing training to improve skills and many of these trainings are also available to our clients for their professional development.

We offer hands-on training in many areas including:

• Animal handling 
• Rodent blood collection: submandibular (facial), sublingual, saphenous, tail vein, retro-orbital, cardiac puncture.  Also blood collection from non-rodent species
• Routine substance administration: oral gavage (PO), intra-peritoneal (IP), subcutaneous (SC), intramuscular (IM), intravenous (IV), intradermal (ID)
• Advanced substance administration: intrathecal (IT), intranasal (IN), intra-orbital (IO), intraventricular (ICV), sub-renal capsule, intra-mammary gland, intra-cardiac injections
• Advanced techniques: cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tap, cisterna magna injection
• Survival surgeries: Rodent Jugular vein cannulation (JVC), carotid artery cannulation (CAC), femoral vein cannulation (FVC)

For more information, contact IVRS.