MASH clinics
Authors: White, S.
Pages: 601-613
DOI: 10.1002/9781119646006.ch34
Abstract:Mobile animal sterilization hospital or MASH clinics are a type of mobile spay-neuter program in which clinic staff transport surgical equipment to a venue and set up a temporary surgical space in that location. MASH clinics are valuable for local shelters that wish to provide in-house high-quality high-volume spay-neuter (HQHVSN), but either cannot afford to build and equip their own surgical suites, or have surgical areas but lack veterinary staff. For a veterinarian with surgery skills seeking spay-neuter work, establishing a MASH clinic can be one of the fastest and lowest costways of starting a HQHVSN clinic. Collaborative MASH programs are generally small organizations that collaborate with various local humane or community groups that act as their hosts in the communities within their service area. Independent MASH programs have sole responsibility for scheduling the venue, booking patients, securing volunteers and staff, and admitting and discharging patients.
Source: Scopus
