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VIN consultant Dr. Sally Lester (with videos by Dr. Joe Musielak) has created a Blood Banking Manual to help you answer this question. Thanks, Sally (and Joe)!

Find the Blood Banking Manual in the Books section of the VIN Library and in the Hematology & Emergency Medicine Specialty Centers.

Model Employment Agreement
The VIN Foundation produced this model contract template to help ease the sometimes complicated contract negotiations scenario. The model contract is an illustrated example of a fair and balanced veterinary contract, which you can alter as necessary.

To help get you started, VIN Attorney Raphael Moore, JD, LLM, presented a rounds that explains the model contract in simple terms. You can read the transrcript or listen to the session.

Those who have used it say it helped them work through the details without creating feelings of adversity between employer and employee.

You'll find a link to the VIN Foundation Library in the Practice Management and Misc. sections of the Main library.

A New Perspective
In light of recent events in our profession and along with the threads about suicide, I feel the need to share. I started a new thread simply because this post is not about suicide, but is about my way of dealing with the normal stresses in a day in the life of a vet. It is part of my story, one that I continue to write, and one that just keeps getting better! Thank you for reading on.

Tell a different story. How I changed my life both in and out of the profession. I chose to tell a different story about myself.

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...

• USDE staff heeds 800-plus complaints against AVMA COE
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• UK officials unveil major effort to study veterinary workforce
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• Massachusetts veterinarians must report animal abuse
  Public | VIN | Discussion
• First canine Ebola quarantine met with good luck
  Public | VIN | Discussion

Evolving Stories
- Tractor Supply Co. moves deeper into pet realm
- Nonprofits and private practice: Easing the tension

Be a VIN newshound:
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E-mail Reporters@vin.com.

Share news.vin.com with non-VINners. The VIN News Service stories (without access to the community discussions) are publicly available.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Obese or "Pleasantly Plump" Horses

Texas Farm Radio

• Return to Performance in Horses after Colic Surgery (revised)

VetzInsight

• Why ‘The Miracle of Life’ may not be the Best at-home Science Project

Efficacy of disinfectants containing accelerated hydrogen peroxide against conidial arthrospores and isolated infective spores of Microsporum canis and Trichophyton sp.
Accelerated hydrogen peroxide products are an option for environmental disinfection of surfaces exposed to M. canis and Trichophyton sp. after appropriate gross decontamination and mechanical cleaning with a detergent.

Growth and wear of incisor and cheek teeth in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) fed diets of different abrasiveness
This study demonstrates that concepts of constant tooth growth in rabbits requiring consistent wear are inappropriate, and that diet form (whole vs. pelleted) does not necessarily affect cheek teeth. Irrespective of the strong effect of external abrasives, internal abrasives have the potential to induce wear and hence exert selective pressure in evolution.

Localized demodicosis due to Demodex cati on the muzzle of two cats treated with inhalant glucocorticoids
Minimization of contact between the inhalant glucocorticoid and the skin can be achieved by wiping residual powder from the face and by keeping the mask tightly pressed to the skin to avoid contact with the surrounding area.

Wellness Payment Plans: PaymentBanc, Veterinary Credit Programs, And TruePet
Thanks for posting the basics of what you've found. It will be valuable for others interested in finding payment options for wellness plans or other recurring billing.

Chemotherapy In A Cat That Is Very Difficult To Pill: Are Liquid Suspensions Or Crushed Tablets Mixed With Food Ever An Option?
Avoid liquid formulations of chemo, because that automatically means some increased exposure (when compared to tablets or capsules) to owners/caretakers.

Asymptomatic Doberman With Ventricular Ectopy On Screening Holter: Is Medication Indicated?
The data from this study would suggest that your patient has a reasonable chance of developing dilated cardiomyopathy over the next several years. The question of treatment, however, is more complicated.

Radiographic Evidence Of A Pulmonary Tumor In A Cat That Was Exposed To Elevated Levels Of Radon
I think your recommendation for the client to be evaluated by his physician is prudent.

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VIN Rounds
Sunday, December 7 - 9 p.m. ET
Join James Schoster, DVM, DACVO, for Complicated Corneal Ulcers: Microbial Keratitis.
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VIN/AAFP Rounds
Tuesday, December 9 - 8 p.m. ET
Join Craig B. Webb, PhD, DVM, DACVIM for Getting Nutrition into a Cat.
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Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, December 9 - 9:30 p.m. ET
Need to vent about things that bug you? Michele Gaspar, DVM, DABVP, MA, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

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Come Fly With Me
Do you have clients with fine, feathered friends but secretly feel that avian surgery is for the birds? Thanks to generous contributions by VIN Consultant Avery Bennet, DVM, MS, DACVS, the VIN Avian Soft Tissue Surgery Center houses a collection of videos illustrating procedures from celiotomy to tracheotomy.

Specialized intstrumentation and equipment are also covered in this great collection. Find the videos in the Avian Specialty Center and Slideshows and Movies sections of the VIN Library.

Book Review of the Week
Hemoparasites of the Reptilia-Color Atlas & Text
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
Disaster Recovery Playbook

New Proceedings
18th annual 2012 Wild West Veterinary Conference (WWVC 2012)

VIN Community Quick Poll (see the VIN Front Page to participate):
Considering the "Top Discussions" located at the bottom of the middle column on the VIN Front Page, check all that apply...

*See results of previous polls on the Archived Quick Poll page.

New in the VIN Forms Collection (contributed by Dr. Fred Gingrich):
- Dental Questions and Estimate Form
- Surgical Questions and Estimate Form

Upcoming Conferences
Looking to attend or contribute a paper to a veterinary conference? Check out the On the Road with VIN folder or the Press Releases folder to see what conferences are coming up and to visit their websites! Links to information about upcoming conferences include: CVC San Diego.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Click on the links below to see the details, register, and find more upcoming CE.

Systems A: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
April 30 - July 5, 2015

The third of six modules in the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review series, this course is designed to cover the pathophysiological basis of disease in small animals based on pathophysiological and discipline-specific concepts, covering neurologic, cardiac and dermatologic body systems.

Systems B: Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination Review
July 23 - October 4, 2015

The fourth of six modules in the Organ System Pathophysiology and ABVP Core Examination review series, this course is designed to cover the pathophysiological basis of disease in small animals based on pathophysiological and discipline-specific concepts, covering respiratory, dentistry, behavior, musculoskeletal, gastroenterology body systems.

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