# A connected day for *the vet team*.

Seven forms, from the first sick animal report to the closed health case, with workflows for the handoffs and views for the morning round. Built from 90 public procedures at 49 facilities, with 36 ways to adapt the work.

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## Key facts

- **Facilities compared**: 49, from 90 public procedures, October 2026
- **Jobs in the block**: 7
- **Ways they're done**: 36

## Who is the Vet block for?

The attending vet and the vet team. When a case opens on the morning check, you want it tracked to a decision with the right people told, so no animal waits and the record holds up.

## What comes in the Vet block?

Seven forms, one per job.

- [Sick animal reports](https://streamcell.com/library/sick-animal-report): 20 facilities compared, 7 ways.
- [Health cases](https://streamcell.com/library/health-case): 16 facilities compared, 6 ways.
- [Post-op records](https://streamcell.com/library/rodent-surgery-post-op-record): 12 facilities compared, 4 ways.
- [Rodent health monitoring](https://streamcell.com/library/rodent-health-monitoring): 15 facilities compared, 4 ways.
- **Found dead and unexpected deaths**: 13 facilities compared, 7 ways.
- **Humane endpoint scoring**: 7 facilities compared, 4 ways.
- **Animal import and quarantine**: 7 facilities compared, 4 ways.

| Form | Code | Statuses |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sick animal report | HC | Reported → With vet team → Lab told → Closed |
| Health case | HC (same record) | Open → Waiting on lab → Under treatment → Monitoring → Closed |
| Surgery and post-op record | SX | Surgery recorded → Daily checks → Vet alerted → Checks complete |
| Health monitoring sample | HM | Planned → Exposing → Collected → At the lab → Results in → Confirming → Signed off → Closed |
| Found dead report | FD | Reported → Lab told → With vet team → Body held → Closed |
| Humane endpoint check | HE | Recorded → Watch → With vet → Endpoint reached → Closed |
| Animal import | IM | Requested → Waiting for health reports → Vet review → Approved to ship → In quarantine → Released → Declined |

Every form but the animal import links to the animal or cage in SoftMouse.

## See how the work connects

The sick animal report at 20 facilities, then the health case at 16. Below, the workflows that do each handoff.

1. **A sick animal report starts with a card on the cage** (16 of 20 facilities)
2. **How does the report leave the cage?**
   - A web form: 6 of 20
   - A paper record: 5 of 20
   - A phone call: 3 of 20
   - A software module: 2 of 20
   - An email: 2 of 20
   - A scan at the cage: 1 of 20
   - A chat channel: 1 of 20
3. **Who sees it first?**
   - Vet staff or a vet tech: 15 of 20
   - A manager or supervisor: 3 of 20
   - A trained designate or study technician: 2 of 20
Each dot is one of the 20 facilities whose procedure we read. Where one way clearly leads at a fork, it is outlined.

1. **Where is the health case kept?**
   - A paper case file: 6 of 16
   - Software plus a card on the cage: 3 of 16
   - A line in a facility log: 3 of 16
   - A vet module in software: 2 of 16
   - The card is the record: 1 of 16
   - One web form per case: 1 of 16
2. **The lab is told**: By email at 8. (13 of 16 facilities)
Each dot is one of the 16 facilities whose procedure we read. Where one way clearly leads at a fork, it is outlined.

1. **Reported**: Priya Sood reports animal 7756 from the morning check. Saving it emails the vet team and posts to Slack or Google Chat.
2. **Taken**: Jules Ferreira presses Take this report, and the vet section opens on the same record, HC-0184.
3. **Lab told**: Tell the lab emails Noor Adler, the PI on the record. If her lab misses its deadline, the case is on the next morning's list.
4. **Raised elsewhere**: A [post-op check](https://streamcell.com/library/rodent-surgery-post-op-record) marked needs the vet or a positive [sentinel](https://streamcell.com/library/rodent-health-monitoring) alerts the vet team. Robin Mace opens a case, HC-0185, and links it.

## What will the vet see each morning?

The saved views and graphs in the block.

- **Case board** (kanban): Every open case, by status.
- **Cases by severity and outcome** (pivot): What is worst.
- **Morning round** (list): Open reports and cases, at 8:00.
- **Treatments and rechecks due** (list): 7 of 16 facilities require follow-up.
- **Lab has not answered** (list): Cases past the lab's deadline. 5 of 16 set one.
- **Weight over time** (chart): One animal's weights.

## Make room for your way of working

It starts from the most common way; each other way is a few changes.

- **A card plus a web form** (6 of 20 facilities): The default.
- **A paper report or log** (5 of 20 facilities): The form replaces the paper; a morning list goes to the vet.
- **Phone first** (3 of 20 facilities): The call stays. Whoever answers opens the record.
- **A vendor's vet module** (2 of 20 facilities): Streamcell sits beside it.
- **An email report** (2 of 20 facilities): The workflow sends it, from the form.
- **A team chat channel** (1 of 20 facilities): Streamcell posts to Slack or Google Chat.
- **Scan at the cage** (1 of 20 facilities): The card stays and carries the record number.
How the report starts, at 20 facilities.

- **Who sees it first:** vet staff or a vet tech at 15 of 20. Add a With vet tech status if that's yours.
- **Urgent cases:** 14 of 20 name a separate route, 10 of them the phone. Keep the phone; add an urgency field.

## Find your starting point

Find your starting point.

1. Does a sick animal report go into a web form, an app or software?
2. Is it a module in software your facility bought?
3. Are post-op checks written on a card in the cage card holder?
4. Is the health case kept as a paper file per case or animal?

- **Start from the default**: A card plus a web form, like 6 of 20.
- **Start beside your vet module**: Like 2 of 20.
- **Start from the post-op card**: Like 3 of 12. The card stays; the checks go on the record.
- **Start from the case file**: Like 6 of 16. The health case replaces the paper file.
- **Start from paper or the phone**: Like 5 of 20 on paper, 3 by phone.

## Keep what already works

- **The card on the cage.** It can carry the record number.
- **Phone calls.** Where urgent cases go by phone, they still do; whoever answers opens the record.
- **Your vet module and outside labs.** Streamcell sits beside them; results go on the sample record.
- **One thing Streamcell can't do:** an if-then step. Urgent and routine reports run as two workflows.

## What do buyers ask a vet's software to do?

From 23 public procurement documents for animal facility and vet record software.

- **10 of 23**: ask for something in the health area.
- **8 of 23**: ask for animal health records.
- **5 of 23**: ask for health cases and treatments.
US and Canadian programs, 2010 to 2026.

## Can I add the Vet block myself?

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Source: https://streamcell.com/library/vet
Last reviewed: 2026-10-16
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