{"id":7469,"date":"2025-04-21T09:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/?page_id=7469"},"modified":"2025-04-21T09:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:46:41","slug":"hixson-lied-small-animal-hospital-achieves-veccs-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/hixson-lied-small-animal-hospital-achieves-veccs-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Hixson-Lied Small Animal Hospital Achieves VECCS Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p><strong>April 21, 2025<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The Hixson-Lied Small Animal Hospital has been accredited as a VECCS Certified Facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society is a global professional organization consisting of veterinarians,\u00a0veterinary technicians, and practice managers committed to advancing knowledge and upholding superior standards in veterinary emergency and critical care.<\/p>\n<p>VECCS offers a facility certification program to encourage facilities to provide exceptional emergency and critical patient care.\u00a0 The purpose of this certification is to recognize those hospitals that meet and exceed the minimum standards and guidelines published by VECCS. 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