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AAHA guidelines highlight the importance of having an infection control, prevention, and biosecurity (ICPB) plan and how to implement one in your clinic.

Properly sterilizing instruments and other patient care items is critical to infection prevention protocols.

“Doctor Google!” Say these words to any medical care provider—human or veterinary—and you will immediately get a negative reaction. But actually, there are vast quantities of excellent, accurate and useful information available online. So why the attitude?

The pandemic changed many aspects of our day-to-day lives, including what is endured at the workplace for veterinary professionals. Changes in patient load, staffing shortages, and client expectations have exponentially increased the workload for credentialed veterinary technicians (CrVTs).

AAHA secretary/treasurer Cheryl Smith, CVPM, talks about the important roles that credentialed technicians play in her practice and in the profession as a whole. The Community asks about anesthetic training resources for staff members. This month’s Scoop headlines include: Poodle Puppy Reunited with Rescuers; AAVSB Survey Supports Focus on Technician Utilization; Study Finds Music Reduces Pet Stress and Anxiety; RECOVER Initiative Issues Revised Veterinary CPR Guidelines; Human Stress Affects Dogs’ Emotions; and more!

At AAHA, we help celebrate our amazing techs—as well as veterinary assistants—with our Teams@Work photo contest, and our technician-themed issue each October.

This month’s grand prize winner is Jessica Jeurissen, CVT, Team Leader of technical staff at River Valley Veterinary Service, Prior Lake, Minnesota!

Each year we hold a contest to find the best pictures of veterinary teams at work, submitted by Trends readers. This year we expanded our pool of judges to include all staff members at AAHA, who voted for their top three favorite photos. Take a look!

It is hard to believe that a cat who had sustained a bullet wound years ago was never treated for it, or at least never had the bullet fragment removed. But anything can happen in the wild pages of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (JAAHA).

What does it take to become a credentialed veterinary technician (CrVT)?