Have you denied independent access to animals in the BL4 labs by independent oversight officials, such as veterinarians and the AAALAC investigator?
Unfortunately, in some instance we had to do so because of human safety concerns. To overcome those concerns, CDC is arranged for video monitoring of the animal area within the BL-4 suite which now can be monitored from multiple sites. Also, CDC does have one veterinarian and member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee who had and still has independent access to the animals housed in the BL4 suite. During the October 2006 AAALAC site visit, a member of the AAALAC panel was able to enter the BL4 lab during the site visit.
