Factors associated with job satisfaction and engagement among credentialed small animal veterinary technicians in the United States.

Objective: To investigate job satisfaction and engagement among credentialed veterinary technicians (CVTs) employed in the United States.

Sample: 873 CVTs who responded to an internet-based survey in 2017.

Procedures: A survey was conducted to collect information on demographics, individual engagement, and job satisfaction among a convenience sample of CVTs in the United States.

Characteristics of the labor market for veterinary technician specialists in 2013.

Objective: To determine characteristics of the labor market for veterinary technician specialists (VTSs) during 2013 and identify characteristics significantly associated with pay rate for VTSs.

Design: Survey.

Sample Population: 351 VTSs.

Risk factors for tuberculin skin test positivity in an industrial workforce results of a contact investigation.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for tuberculin skin test (TST) positivity among an industrial workforce employing many foreign-born workers after one employee was hospitalized for active tuberculosis (TB).

Methods: A contact investigation was performed. We used crude odds ratios and a multivariate model to assess risk factors for TST positivity.