The Positive Preventive Veterinary Experience Protocol approach combines environmental changes, pain-reduction techniques, sensory distraction, and positive reinforcement to make preventive visits less stressful for pets and their owners.
|Articles|January 1, 2013
Is this exam room ready?
Use the exam room lights to indicate if the room is clean and ready to go.
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After an exam, we turn off the lights, close the back door and leave the front door open. If the front door is open and the lights are off, the front staff knows the room is available for use.
If the back door is open and the lights are on, the back staff knows the room needs to be cleaned. It also saves on electric bills.
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—Ryan Cook, DVM
Fairfield Veterinary Hospital
Layton, Utah
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