Occupational Health & Safety (OHS)

Requirements for the Occupational Health & Safety Program 

Investigators and staff being listed on an IACUC animal care and use protocol (ACUP) for the first time must complete the following items.
  • Reviewing the Occupational Health & Safety Information Module for Animal Users.
  • Successfully completing the accompanying Quiz on Occupational Health and Safety.  This quiz needs to be successfully completed every three years.
  • Completing the Occupational Medicine Health Questionnaire for Animal Users. This questionnaire must be submitted to the University of Chicago Occupational Medicine office (UCOM) in L-156, MC 7103,  in a sealed envelope.  The health questionnaire is a one-time requirement.  However, if over the course of the research, one of the following statements becomes applicable, a review of the occupational health issues by UCOM is required.  Please call 2-6757 to schedule an appointment.
    • You have developed an illness or begun a new medical treatment that causes immune system compromise.
    • You are working with cats AND are pregnant or planning pregnancy.
    • You are working with sheep.
    • You have developed an allergy to your research animal or have developed asthma.
Directions To View Informational Module & take the Quiz
Please read directions prior to accessing quiz site
Please note the the website that hosts the informational module and quiz has recently changed so the directions are different.
Directions if you have previously registered for OHS Informational Module/Quiz:
  1. New website is: http://www.aalaslearninglibrary.org
  2. Log-in using the same username & password that was used to access ResearchTraining.org.  If you have previously registered but can't remember your username or password, please don't register again.  Contact one of the IACUC staff as they can inform you of this information.
  3. After logging in, place curser over 'Libraries' tab then click-on 'Animal Care and Use Courses'.
  4. Then, under University of Chicago Tracks, Click-on 'Occupational Health & Safety Information Module for Animal Users'.
  5. Then, click-on 'Course' to review the informational module,or if you wish to take the quiz, click-on 'Exam'.
  6. After successfully completing the quiz, you are done!

Directions if you have never registered:

  1. Go to new website at: https://www.aalaslearninglibrary.org/default.asp
  2. Click-on 'Enroll now'.
  3. Click-on the radio button to 'Join a group' and then click "Continue"
  4. The Access Code is: UofC1890
  5. Enter username, password and log-in.
  6. After logging in, place curser over 'Libraries' tab then click-on 'Animal Care and Use Courses'.
  7. Click-on 'Occupational Health and Safety for Animal Users'.
  8. Click-on 'Course' to review informational module; click-on 'Exam' to take the quiz.
  9. After successfully completing the quiz, you are done!

You will need your Unique ID in order to register and access this site. If you do not know your Unique ID, please retrieve it at: http://uniqueid.bsd.uchicago.edu/3WelcomePage.jsp 

The Health Questionnaire is available at Health Questionnaire.

If you are unable to log into the AALAS Learning Library, please call 834-4765 or email  the IACUC office at iacuc@uchicago.edu