Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT)
What is a CVT?
A CVT is a term used to indicate an individual who has been recognized by the State Licensing Board as having documented fulfillment of the requirements for certification.Our technicians are all certified in the state of Massachusetts.
The requirements are to have graduated from an accredited veterinary technology program and to have passed the examination requirements.
There are certain tasks that may be performed by ONLY a licensed or certified veterinary technician (or licensed veterinarian) under the direction, supervision and control of a veterinarian.
Immediate supervision:
- Induction of Anesthesia
- Dental extraction not requiring sectioning of a tooth or resectioning of bone
- Surgical assistance to a licensed veterinarian
Direct supervision:
- Euthanasia
- Blood or blood component collection, preparation and administration
- Application of splints and slings
- Dental procedures including, but not limited to, the removal of calculus, soft deposits, plaque, and stains: The smoothing, filing and polishing of teeth; of the floatation or dressing of equine teeth.
Indirect supervision:
- Administration and application of treatments, drugs, medications and immunoliogical agents by parenteral and injectable routes (subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, and intravenous) except when in conflict with government regulations
- Initiation of parental fluid administration
- Intravenous catheterizations
- Radiography including settings, position, processing, and safety procedures
- Collection of blood; collection of urine by expression, cystocentesis, or catheterization; collection and preparation of tissue, cellular, or microbiological samples by skin scrapings, impressions, or other non-surgical methods except when in conflict with government regulations
- Routine laboratory test procedures
- Supervision of the handling of bio hazardous waste materials
Under conditions of emergency, a licensed, registered or certified veterinary technician may render the following life-saving aid and treatment:
- Application of tourniquets and /or pressure bandages to control hemorrhage
- Administration of pharmacological agents and parenteral fluids shall only be performed after direct communication with a veterinarian
- Resuscitative procedures
- Application of temporary splints or bandages to prevent further injury to bones of soft tissues
- Application of appropriate wound dressings and external supportive treatment in severe wound and burn cases
- External supportive treatment in heat prostration cases