Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Veterinary Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Veterinary Medicine [18 VAC 150 ‑ 20]
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12/4/20  9:16 pm
Commenter: Current Vet Tech Student

Against Vet Assistant’s placing IV catheters.
 

 

Veterinary Technicians will be valued as less, paid less, schooling will be under appreciated even more than what is it. A catheter placement is so very important and crucial to a patients survival during incidents. IV catheters are for surgeries, to get fluid while under anesthesia, catheters are for blood transfusions and IV fluid at time of severe dehydration, catheters are for euthanasia’s. Assistants will not and do not have the up most proper training to place an IV catheters 

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