Institutions with animal care and use programs are obligated to provide for the health and well-being of the animals, but are equally obligated to provide for safety of individuals associated with the program. The topics in this issue of the ILAR Journal, in association with those within the complimentary issue of the Journal of Applied Biosafety, provide a variety of contemporary occupational health and safety considerations in today's animal research programs. Each article addresses key or emerging occupational health and safety topics in institutional animal care and use programs, where the status of the topic, contemporary challenges, and future directions are provided.

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关于动物研究中当代安全性话题的前言和简介。

具有动物保健和使用计划的机构有义务提供动物的健康和福祉，但同样有义务为与该计划有关的个人提供安全。本期《 ILAR期刊》中的主题与《应用生物安全期刊》的增刊中的主题相关，在当今的动物研究计划中提供了多种当代职业健康和安全方面的考虑因素。每篇文章都讨论了机构动物护理和使用计划中的关键或新兴的职业健康与安全主题，其中提供了主题的状态，当前的挑战以及未来的方向。