Practice Safety Resources
Practice Safety Resources
Explore practical guidance, safety checklists, and educational resources to help protect your veterinary team, strengthen client communication, and promote a safer practice environment.
Workplace Safety
Learn how to recognize potential threats, prepare for emergencies, and improve safety throughout your practice.
Read Safety Article →Client Communication
Explore strategies for handling challenging client interactions with compassion while maintaining staff safety.
Read Article →Safety Tools
Use practical materials to assess your practice's safety procedures and reinforce awareness with your team.
Explore Tools →Prepare Your Team
Review these articles for guidance on workplace violence prevention, risk assessment, and challenging client situations.
- Prepare for the Unthinkable — workplace violence prevention.
- Health and Safety Risk Assessment — assessing risks in veterinary practices.
- The 5 Most Difficult Veterinary Clients — approaches to challenging client interactions.
- How to Deal with Difficult Veterinary Clients — additional client communication guidance.
Safety Tools for Your Practice
Use these resources during team meetings, staff training, or reviews of your practice's emergency procedures.
- Practice Safety: The Three A's Poster — a visual reminder of awareness, avoidance, and action.
- Practice Safety Evaluation Checklist — a checklist to help review workplace safety.
- Three A's of Safety Handout — an additional safety education handout.
Run, Fight, Hide
Review this emergency response resource with your team as part of your workplace safety and emergency preparedness discussions.
Watch Video →Emergency Preparedness
Discuss emergency procedures and response plans with your team.
Questions or Need Help?
Contact MVMA for assistance locating veterinary practice resources.