Midterm Review Flashcards
What is the greatest overhead of a veterinary practice? what must they do to ensure proper productivity?
personnel, work as a team
what 2 things does a good HR manager create
positive workplace dynamics and positive team dynamics
define team dynamics
study and practice of how teams of people interact. it is the way people on a team deal with each other and solve problems. aka group dynamics or organizational behavior
define nepotism
favoring family or friends
CVPM?
certified veterinary practice manager
probationary period purpose?
make sure employee fitting in, learning what is needed and able to perform what expected
define uniformly followed procedure
procedure usually followed when carrying out an operation or dealing with a situation
SOP
standard operating procedure
define employee handbook
legal employee “contract”, defines employment terms
job description
expectations. important for hiring, job performance reviews, terminations
RVT versus CVT vs LVT
RVT = no edu, exam CVT = may/may not edu,exam LVT = AVMA accred program, boards
name ten topics you can never ask about in an interview
race/nationality, religion, marital/family status, age, gender, credit, sexual orientation, handicaps/disabilities, arrest record, political affiliation
USDA meaning
united states department of agriculture
APHIS, what does it do
animal plant and health inspection service
Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) regulate veterinary biologics (vaccines, bacterins, antisera, dx kits) ensure pure, safe, potent, and effective
work centered around Virus Serum Toxin Act (dx virus quickly and safely, tx effective)
name 3 things USDA in charge of
regulating production and sale of vaccines
veterinary biologics (safe esp in food animal)
animal well being and stress management
Acronyms:
APHIS
REAC (and what is it a part of, what does it do)
FSIS, what does it do, what part of
All are USDA, REAC is subunit of APHIS
Regulatory Enforcement and Animal Care Unit is a part of APHIS. resp for safe transport and handling of animals and for help services for owners
Food Safety Inspection Service makes sure meat poultry and egg safe correctly labeled
Animal Welfare Act
(know this) only Federal law in the US that regulates treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers. Enforced by USDA, APHIS, and Animal Care Agency
PHSCC
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
rapid and effective response to public health needs i.e. natural disasters, oil spills, 9-11
leadership and advancement public health science
IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
must be established by institutions to oversee and eval all aspects of institutional animal care and use programs when they use lab animals for research or instructional purposes
AALAS
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
educate regarding responsible lab animal care and use
four APHIS responsibilities
- veterinary biologics, special dz
- interstate inspection and compliance
- import-export staff oversees
- administer Animal Welfare Act
how long are accident reports/claims for settled cases kept
7 years
how long accounts payable ledgers and schedules kept
7 years
how long accounts receivable ledgers and schedes kept
7 y
how long audit reports kept
permanently
how long capital stocck and bond records kept
permanently
how long charts of accts kept
perm
bank statements? how long canceled cheks
3, 7y
how long checks, cancleed for imp payments (tax property purchase, special contracts) kept
perm
contracts, mortgages, notes, expired leases
7y
contracts, mortgages, notes, leases still in effect
routine corresp with clients and vendors
perm
2y
controlled subs records
5 years