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Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers

Tools and Technology


Tools Include:

  • Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters (Animal nail clippers)
  • Animal shearing or clipping equipment (Animal razors)
  • Animal catching devices (Animal restraints)
  • Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories (Balling guns)
  • Bandage scissors or its supplies (Bandage scissors)
  • Benchtop centrifuges
  • Protective gloves (Bite gloves)
  • Blood collection syringes
  • Chemical or gas sterilizers (Chemical sterilizers)
  • Clothes dryers (Commercial dryers)
  • Laundry type washing machines (Commercial washing machines)
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital cameras
  • Veterinary clinical thermometers (Digital veterinary thermometers)
  • Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use (Digital veterinary x ray equipment)
  • Animal shearing or clipping equipment (Electric animal clippers)
  • Animal weighing scales (Electronic animal scales)
  • Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers (Evacuated blood collection tubes)
  • Multipurpose or general test tubes (General purpose laboratory test tubes)
  • Laboratory beakers (Glass beakers)
  • Handheld refractometers or polarimeters (Handheld refractometers)
  • Hematology analyzers
  • Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories (Injection syringes)
  • Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits (Intravenous IV administration sets)
  • Label making machines (Label printers)
  • Laboratory forceps
  • Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
  • Medical radiological shielding aprons or masks or drapes (Lead aprons)
  • Medical radiological shielding gloves (Lead gloves)
  • Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories (Mechanical stethoscopes)
  • Bar code reader equipment (Microchip readers)
  • Microcentrifuges (Microhematocrit centrifuges)
  • Microscope slides
  • Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
  • Muzzles
  • Binocular light compound microscopes (Optical compound microscopes)
  • Personal computers
  • Tablet counters (Pill counters)
  • Specimen collectors (Specimen collection containers)
  • Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use (Stationary veterinary x ray equipment)
  • Steam autoclaves or sterilizers (Steam autoclaves)
  • Suture removers (Suture scissors)
  • Tourniquets
  • Urinalysis analyzers (Urine analysis equipment)
  • Urinalysis analyzers (Urinometers)
  • Anesthesia sets or kits (Veterinary anesthesia machines)
  • Veterinary blood pressure testers (Veterinary blood pressure cuffs)
  • Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks (Veterinary immersion hydrotherapy equipment)
  • Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories (Veterinary vaccination syringes)
  • Medical x ray film or cassettes for general use (X ray cassettes)
  • Medical x ray darkroom equipment or supplies (X ray film processors)

Technologies Include:

  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Scheduling software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Label making software
  • Labeling software
  • Medical software
  • IDEXX Laboratories IDEXX Cornerstone
  • McAllister Software Systems AVImark
  • Practice management software PMS
  • Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word



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