Building Renovations Help AVMA Go Green
A couple of my co-workers and I recently checked in with AVMA Budget Director Kim Michael-Lee to get an update on what the AVMA is doing to benefit the environment. AVMA started using recycled office...
View Article“Greening” the AVMA Offices (or Your Clinic)
This is part 2 of our 3-part series on the AVMA’s recent efforts to “go green.” If you haven’t already read it, also check out part 1: Building renovations help AVMA go green If you’re thinking about...
View ArticleComplying with Waste Disposal Rules
Persistence, as they say, pays off. When you have a partner pulling on the same end of the rope, your chances of success are even greater. Such persistence and collaboration recently helped the AVMA...
View ArticleNew Policy on Not-for-Profits Delivering Veterinary Services
The AVMA Executive Board recently replaced two dated policies addressing delivery of veterinary services by not-for-profit or tax-exempt organizations with a more detailed, comprehensive policy that...
View ArticleResponding to Sandy: Veterinarians Playing a Critical Role
It’s been nearly a month since Hurricane Sandy morphed into a superstorm and lowered the boom on cities and towns all along the East Coast. While time has passed, much recovery work remains, and the...
View ArticleIs your practice ready for December 1, 2013?
That’s the deadline set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for employers – including veterinary practices with employees – to have trained their employees on the new label...
View ArticleFour weeks and counting to the OSHA compliance deadline of December 1, 2013
Is your practice ready for the December 1st compliance deadline? That’s the date by which the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires all employers – including veterinary...
View ArticleNeed help with your hazardous drugs?
Several products and even some drugs used in veterinary medicine are regulated as hazardous substances, and employers are legally obligated to have safeguards in place to help protect their employees...
View ArticleLooking for the poster on Best Management Practices for Pharmaceutical Disposal?
It’s been moved to the members-only webpage on Disposal of Pharmaceuticals, which is just one of the topics within the “Drug and Chemical Disposal” category of the “Clinical Resource” section of AVMA’s...
View ArticleAVMA Supports Proposed NIOSH Study
In a discussion with the CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the AVMA learned of a study that the agency is proposing and that should benefit the veterinary profession....
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