Accredit Your Hospital. Animal hospitals around the world earn AAHA accreditation to strengthen their business, advance their team, and provide the best possible care to companion animals. Get Started

AAHA guidelines help you face the demands of a continually shifting industry. Our guidelines empower veterinary professionals to: Create personalized medical plans for your patients to meet the needs of diverse populations and provide the best possible care; Optimize veterinary teams to deliver top-notch patient care and client satisfaction

The American Animal Hospital Association simplifies the journey toward excellence for veterinary practices. This core purpose, or just cause, guides everything we do, ensuring our time, resources, and expertise are dedicated to supporting your success.

For veterinary hospitals, animal control facilities, and shelter staff members seeking to streamline the process of reuniting lost pets with their owners, AAHA offers the Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool.

AAHA’s story began in 1933, driven by a collective vision of seven passionate veterinary leaders. That vision lives on in AAHA’s mission is to elevate the standards of small animal care through accreditation and ongoing initiatives.

An AAHA accreditation signifies that your veterinary practice has met or exceeded stringent quality standards that encompass all aspects of veterinary medicine, from pain management to medical record-keeping, and has committed to a path of continuous improvement.

Accredit Your Hospital. Animal hospitals around the world earn AAHA accreditation to strengthen their business, advance their team, and provide the best possible care to companion animals. Get Started

The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) is the only organization that accredits veterinary practices in the United States and Canada.

Aug 15, 2022 · Because animal shelters are one of the most challenging environments for prevention and control of infectious diseases, the guidelines also provide recommendations for vaccination of dogs presented at or housed in animal shelters, including the appropriate response to an infectious disease outbreak in the shelter setting.

Apr 24, 2019 · AAHA is the only organization that accredits veterinary practices in the United States and Canada. AAHA-accredited practices are evaluated on stringent standards that encompass all aspects of veterinary medicine—from pain management and patient care to team training and medical recordkeeping.