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  • Spay/Neuter Ergonomics for Staff Safety

Spay/Neuter Ergonomics for Staff Safety

Proper posture during surgery

These educational learning tools will provide your veterinarians with visual reminders about correct postures during surgery.

Your Posture Matters Poster:

  • Your Posture Matters (Version 1)
  • Your Posture Matters (Version 2)
  • Your Posture Matters (Version 3)

 

Ergonomics for Surgeons Webinar

Watch this informative webinar to learn how to appropriately set up the surgical area and perform spay/neuter surgery to decrease the physical strain on veterinarians performing the surgery.

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  • Your Posture Matters 1

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  • Your Posture Matters 2

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  • Your Posture Matters 3

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Topics: Spay/Neuter , Patient Care
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Guiding Trapped Cats Through Spay/Neuter Intake & Examination

This video series will walk you through the safest, least stressful methods of handling trapped, community, or feral-behaving cats in a spay/neuter clinic.
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Disease Prevention at Spay/Neuter Clinics

These videos show techniques to keep animals healthy in a spay/neuter facility, including pre-admission screening, animal handling, and equipment and kennel cleaning.

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Spay/Neuter Guidelines

Find spay/neuter guidelines, tips for application of spay/neuter tattoos, and research articles to maintain effective and humane practices at your high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter clinic.
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Dog Induction & Perioperative Care at Spay/Neuter Clinics

These videos show ways to administer and monitor anesthesia for dogs in a spay/neuter clinic setting.

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A Pup Named Pumpernickel is ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance’s 500,000th Patient

As of October 11, 2022, half a million animals have been spayed and neutered by the ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance (ASNA). The landmark patient was a puppy named Pumpernickel.

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Ten Million Cats and Dogs Sterilized Through ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance Mentorship

Find out more about the work of the ASPCA’s Spay/Neuter Alliance’s mentorship program and the 10 million cats and dogs who were spayed and neutered

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