Disaster response planning for laboratory animal facilities is a time- and personnel-intensive undertaking. This article outlines numerous considerations in formulating a plan for disaster response in a high containment animal unit. The planning process is discussed around a set of elements: planning team formation, situational understanding, goal and objective determination, plan development, preparation, and rehearsal or implementation. The importance of an appropriate planning team and personnel development is explored in relationship to exemplary disaster scenarios such as natural disaster and terrorism. Specific risks such as hazardous agent and animal species type serve to delineate goal-setting methods. These goals provide the framework for an institutional disaster plan. The review further uses elements of the planning process to explore the difficulties of euthanasia of animals treated with hazardous agents. Ultimately, the pitfalls of handling media relations following disaster are examined. Proactive measures for preparing to speak to the media and mitigate negative perceptions of research are presented.

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危险物收容单位内的动物灾难规划。

实验动物设施的灾难响应计划是一项耗时和人员密集的工作。本文概述了制定高收容动物单位的灾难应对计划时应考虑的许多因素。围绕一系列要素讨论了计划过程：计划团队的组成，对情境的了解，目标和目的的确定，计划的制定，准备以及演练或实施。探讨了与自然灾害和恐怖主义等典型灾害场景相关的适当规划团队和人员发展的重要性。诸如危险物和动物种类之类的特定风险可用来确定目标设定方法。这些目标为机构灾难计划提供了框架。审查进一步使用了计划过程中的要素来探索用危险药物治疗的动物的安乐死的困难。最终，研究了灾难后处理媒体关系的陷阱。介绍了准备与媒体对话并减轻对研究的负面看法的积极措施。