diff --git a/pvDataApp/factory/StandardField.cpp b/pvDataApp/factory/StandardField.cpp
index 0289efb..6163149 100644
--- a/pvDataApp/factory/StandardField.cpp
+++ b/pvDataApp/factory/StandardField.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <epicsThread.h>
+#include <epicsExit.h>
 #include <lock.h>
 #include "pvIntrospect.h"
 #include "standardField.h"
@@ -14,8 +16,6 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
-static Mutex globalMutex;
-static bool notInited = true;
 static StandardField* standardField = 0;
 
 static String notImplemented("not implemented");
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ StandardField::StandardField(){init();}
 StandardField::~StandardField(){
 }
 
-static void myDeleteStatic()
+static void myDeleteStatic(void*)
 {
     int count = alarmField->getReferenceCount();
     if(count!=1) printf("~StandardField() alarmField reference count %d\n",count);
@@ -502,16 +502,18 @@ static void myDeleteStatic()
     enumeratedAlarmField->decReferenceCount();
 }
 
+static void myInitStatic(void*)
+{
+    standardField = new StandardField();
+    fieldCreate = getFieldCreate();
+    epicsAtExit(&myDeleteStatic,0);
+}
+
+static
+epicsThreadOnceId myInitOnce = EPICS_THREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+
 StandardField * getStandardField() {
-    Lock xx(&globalMutex);
-    if(notInited) {
-        notInited = false;
-        standardField = new StandardField();
-        fieldCreate = getFieldCreate();
-        ShowConstructDestruct::registerCallback(
-            "standardField",
-            0,0,0,myDeleteStatic);
-    }
+    epicsThreadOnce(&myInitOnce,&myInitStatic,0);
     return standardField;
 }
 
diff --git a/pvDataApp/factory/StandardPVField.cpp b/pvDataApp/factory/StandardPVField.cpp
index a24cb20..2f295cd 100644
--- a/pvDataApp/factory/StandardPVField.cpp
+++ b/pvDataApp/factory/StandardPVField.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  */
 #include <string>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <epicsThread.h>
+#include <epicsExit.h>
 #include <lock.h>
 #include "pvIntrospect.h"
 #include "pvData.h"
@@ -16,8 +18,6 @@
 
 namespace epics { namespace pvData { 
 
-static Mutex globalMutex;
-static bool notInited = true;
 static StandardField *standardField = 0;
 
 static String notImplemented("not implemented");
@@ -329,23 +329,25 @@ public:
     StandardPVFieldExt(): StandardPVField(){};
 };
 
-static void myDeleteStatic()
+static void myDeleteStatic(void*)
 {
     delete standardPVField;
 }
 
+static void myInitStatic(void*)
+{
+    fieldCreate = getFieldCreate();
+    pvDataCreate = getPVDataCreate();
+    standardField = getStandardField();
+    standardPVField = new StandardPVFieldExt();
+    epicsAtExit(&myDeleteStatic, 0);
+}
+
+static
+epicsThreadOnceId myInitOnce = EPICS_THREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+
 StandardPVField * getStandardPVField() {
-    Lock xx(&globalMutex);
-    if(notInited) {
-        notInited = false;
-        fieldCreate = getFieldCreate();
-        pvDataCreate = getPVDataCreate();
-        standardField = getStandardField();
-        standardPVField = new StandardPVFieldExt();
-         ShowConstructDestruct::registerCallback(
-            "standardPVField",
-            0,0,0,myDeleteStatic);
-    }
+    epicsThreadOnce(&myInitOnce, &myInitStatic, 0);
     return standardPVField;
 }
 
diff --git a/pvDataApp/misc/thread.cpp b/pvDataApp/misc/thread.cpp
index feb10b8..4e97430 100644
--- a/pvDataApp/misc/thread.cpp
+++ b/pvDataApp/misc/thread.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <epicsThread.h>
 #include <epicsEvent.h>
+#include <epicsExit.h>
 #include "lock.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "thread.h"
@@ -47,41 +48,25 @@ class ThreadListElement;
 typedef LinkedListNode<ThreadListElement> ThreadListNode;
 typedef LinkedList<ThreadListElement> ThreadList;
 
-static volatile int64 totalConstruct = 0;
-static volatile int64 totalDestruct = 0;
-static Mutex globalMutex;
-static bool notInited = true;
+PVDATA_REFCOUNT_MONITOR_DEFINE(thread);
+
+static Mutex listGuard;
 static ThreadList *threadList;
 
-static int64 getTotalConstruct()
-{
-    Lock xx(&globalMutex);
-    return totalConstruct;
-}
-
-static int64 getTotalDestruct()
-{
-    Lock xx(&globalMutex);
-    return totalDestruct;
-}
-
-static void deleteStatic()
+static void deleteStatic(void*)
 {
     delete threadList;
 }
 
-static void init()
+static void init(void*)
 {
-     Lock xx(&globalMutex);
-     if(notInited) {
-        notInited = false;
-        threadList = new ThreadList();
-        ShowConstructDestruct::registerCallback(
-            String("thread"),
-            getTotalConstruct,getTotalDestruct,0,deleteStatic);
-     }
+    threadList = new ThreadList();
+    epicsAtExit(&deleteStatic,0);
 }
 
+static
+epicsThreadOnceId initOnce = EPICS_THREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+
 
 class ThreadListElement {
 public:
@@ -136,10 +121,10 @@ ThreadPvt::ThreadPvt(Thread *thread,String name,
         epicsThreadGetStackSize(epicsThreadStackSmall),
         myFunc,this))
 {
-    init();
-    Lock xx(&globalMutex);
+    epicsThreadOnce(&initOnce, &init, 0);
+    PVDATA_REFCOUNT_MONITOR_CONSTRUCT(thread);
+    Lock x(&listGuard);
     threadList->addTail(threadListElement->node);
-    totalConstruct++;
 }
 
 ThreadPvt::~ThreadPvt()
@@ -158,11 +143,11 @@ ThreadPvt::~ThreadPvt()
         message += " is not on threadlist";
         throw std::logic_error(message);
     }
+    Lock x(&listGuard);
     threadList->remove(threadListElement->node);
     delete waitDone;
     delete threadListElement;
-    Lock xx(&globalMutex);
-    totalDestruct++;
+    PVDATA_REFCOUNT_MONITOR_DESTRUCT(thread);
 }
 
 Thread::Thread(String name,ThreadPriority priority,Runnable *runnable)
@@ -192,8 +177,7 @@ ThreadPriority Thread::getPriority()
 
 void Thread::showThreads(StringBuilder buf)
 {
-    init();
-    Lock xx(&globalMutex);
+    Lock x(&listGuard);
     ThreadListNode *node = threadList->getHead();    
     while(node!=0) {
         Thread *thread = node->getObject()->thread;