At Baja Mobile SteriVet, our name represents more than an organization. It represents a commitment to safe, professional, high-quality veterinary care. That commitment is carried every day by our exceptional veterinary team—skilled professionals who bring extensive training, experience, compassion, and a shared responsibility for the welfare of every animal entrusted to our care.

As Baja Mobile SteriVet continues to grow and collaborate with organizations and communities throughout Baja California Sur, we believe it is important to be clear about what it means when the Baja Mobile SteriVet name or logo is associated with a sterilization campaign.

Every campaign operated by Baja Mobile follows established standards for veterinary care, anesthesia and pain management, surgery, patient monitoring, recovery, infection prevention, staffing, animal welfare, recordkeeping, and clinic operations. When Baja Mobile participates in a campaign organized in collaboration with another organization, those same fundamental standards must be met.

The following are the minimum standards required for Baja Mobile SteriVet to operate, participate in, co-organize, support, or formally endorse a sterilization campaign.

• All surgical procedures must be performed by appropriately qualified veterinarians legally authorized to practice.
• The number of veterinarians and support personnel must be appropriate for the anticipated patient volume.
• Veterinarians must have adequate experience and competency in high-quality spay/neuter surgery or work under appropriate professional supervision.
• Surgical volume must never take priority over patient safety or quality of care.
• Final clinical decisions regarding individual patients remain with the attending veterinarian.

• Every animal must receive an appropriate anesthetic and pain-management protocol based on the individual patient and procedure.
• Animals must be adequately anesthetized before surgery begins and appropriately monitored throughout anesthesia and recovery.
• Appropriate medications, equipment, and supplies for responding to anesthetic complications and emergencies must be readily available.
• Medications must be properly obtained, stored, identified, prepared, administered, and documented.
• Medication doses must be calculated appropriately for the individual patient rather than administered according to a one-size-fits-all approach.
• Pain prevention and management are fundamental components of every surgical procedure.

• Animals presenting with illness, injury, pregnancy, age-related concerns, abnormal findings, or other increased risks must be individually evaluated by a veterinarian.
• A veterinarian must have the authority to postpone or decline surgery whenever proceeding would present an unacceptable risk to the animal.
• Owners or caregivers must receive appropriate preoperative instructions and provide consent for the procedure.
• Patient safety takes precedence over meeting a predetermined number of surgeries.

Baja Mobile SteriVet requires accepted principles of veterinary surgical asepsis to be followed for every patient. High-volume sterilization does not justify lowering basic standards of surgical care, asepsis, or infection prevention.

• Every surgical patient must receive appropriate preparation of the operative site using accepted veterinary aseptic technique.
• The sterile surgical field must be maintained throughout the procedure.
• Surgeons performing abdominal procedures must perform appropriate surgical hand preparation and use appropriate surgical attire, hair covering, surgical masks, and sterile surgical gloves.
• Personnel participating directly within the sterile surgical field must follow appropriate aseptic practices.
• Any known or suspected break in aseptic technique must be addressed immediately, with contaminated instruments, gloves, materials, or supplies replaced as appropriate.

• A separate, appropriately sterilized set of surgical instruments must be available for each individual patient.
• Instruments used on one patient may not be used on another patient unless they have first undergone the complete cleaning and sterilization process required by the sterilization method being used.
• The sterilization process must be appropriate for the instruments and capable of achieving the level of microbial control required for surgical use.
• All sterilization products, equipment, concentrations, exposure times, preparation procedures, and handling requirements must be used according to their validated or manufacturer-specified protocols.
• Instruments must not be moved directly from one patient to another without undergoing the required reprocessing procedure.
• The planned surgical volume must never exceed the team's ability to provide appropriately processed surgical instruments for every patient.

• Materials implanted or left within a patient's body must be specifically manufactured and appropriate for medical or veterinary surgical use.
• Internal ligatures and tissue closure must be performed using appropriate sterile, biomedical-grade surgical suture or another medically accepted surgical implant or closure material appropriate for the tissue and procedure.
• Household, hardware, industrial, or other non-medical materials—including plastic cable or zip ties—may not be implanted or used as internal ligatures or substitutes for appropriate surgical materials.
• Surgical suture and other implantable materials must be appropriately stored, sterile when required, within their intended period of use, and used for their intended medical purpose.
• Materials intended for single use must not be reused between patients.

• All procedures must follow accepted veterinary surgical principles, including gentle tissue handling, appropriate anatomical technique, secure ligation, meticulous hemostasis, protection of surrounding tissues, and appropriate wound closure.
• The surgical approach and technique must be appropriate for the individual patient's species, sex, age, size, reproductive status, physical condition, and other relevant clinical considerations.
• Before completion of the procedure, the surgeon must ensure adequate hemostasis and appropriately address any identified surgical complication.
• Incisions and tissue manipulation should be limited to what is reasonably necessary to safely accomplish the procedure and minimize unnecessary surgical trauma.
• Speed and surgical volume must never take priority over aseptic technique, secure hemostasis, appropriate tissue handling, or patient safety.

These requirements apply whether a campaign takes place in a veterinary hospital, government facility, temporary clinic, community space, or mobile setting.

Baja Mobile recognizes that facilities, resources, equipment, and individual surgical techniques may appropriately vary between veterinary teams and locations.

Fundamental standards of asepsis, instrument processing, appropriate surgical materials, and patient safety do not.

• Every patient must be appropriately monitored during anesthesia and throughout recovery.
• Animals must recover in a clean, safe, temperature-appropriate environment
• Appropriate measures must be taken to maintain body temperature and protect unconscious and recovering patients from injury.
• Patients must not be released until they have reached an appropriate stage of recovery as determined by the veterinary team.
• Any animal experiencing an anesthetic, surgical, or postoperative complication must receive prompt veterinary assessment and appropriate treatment.

• Every animal must be handled humanely and respectfully throughout the entire clinic process.
• Appropriate measures must be taken to minimize fear, stress, pain, overheating, chilling, injury, and unnecessary restraint.
• Dogs and cats must be safely housed and separated when necessary to reduce stress and prevent injury.
• Animals must be protected from unsafe environmental conditions while awaiting surgery and during recovery.
• Patient welfare must always take priority over clinic speed, surgical numbers, schedules, or production goals.

• The clinic location must provide adequate space for patient intake, preparation, surgery, recovery, and discharge.
• Surgical and recovery areas must be protected from excessive heat, cold, dust, rain, crowding, and other environmental conditions that could compromise patient safety.
• Traffic through surgical areas should be appropriately controlled to minimize contamination and disruption.

• Each patient must be individually identified and have an appropriate medical/surgical record.
• Systems must be in place to prevent patient mix-ups, medication errors, and incorrect discharge of animals.
• Owners or caregivers must receive clear postoperative instructions.
• Owners or caregivers must be provided information about whom to contact if concerns or complications arise following surgery.

• The anticipated number of patients must be appropriate for the veterinary team, facility, equipment, medications, instruments, recovery capacity, supplies, and time available.
• Campaign organizers must provide sufficient staffing, equipment, medications, surgical instruments, recovery capacity, and logistical support for the planned caseload.
• Patient numbers must be reduced whenever necessary to maintain safe standards of care.
• No veterinarian or team member should be pressured to operate faster, alter appropriate medical protocols, or accept additional patients when doing so could compromise animal welfare or patient safety.
• A campaign's success is measured not simply by the number of surgeries completed, but by the quality and safety of the care provided to every animal.

Baja Mobile SteriVet has officially filed for trademark registration in Mexico. The Baja Mobile SteriVet name, logo, and associated branding may not be used in connection with a sterilization campaign without prior authorization from Baja Mobile SteriVet.

• Baja Mobile SteriVet participation in a campaign must be agreed upon in advance by an authorized representative of BMSV.
• The Baja Mobile SteriVet name, logo, veterinary team, photographs, or other branding may not be used to advertise or promote a campaign without prior authorization.
• Promotional materials identifying Baja Mobile as a participant, collaborator, sponsor, supervisor, or endorser must accurately describe BMSV's role and must be approved before publication or distribution.
• Approval to discuss or participate in a potential collaboration does not automatically constitute permission to use the Baja Mobile SteriVet name or logo.
• Authorization to use the Baja Mobile SteriVet name or logo may be withdrawn if the clinical, operational, animal-welfare, or other standards described on this page are not met or maintained.
• Baja Mobile reserves the right to decline participation or withdraw from a collaboration if conditions observed before or during a campaign compromise patient safety, animal welfare, appropriate veterinary practice, or these published standards.
• Any unauthorized use of the Baja Mobile SteriVet name, logo, or registered trademark should be removed promptly upon request.

Our goal is not to limit collaboration. It is to ensure that whenever the public sees the Baja Mobile SteriVet name associated with a campaign, they can trust that the campaign meets the standards of care that name represents.

The presence of the Baja Mobile SteriVet name or logo on a flyer, social-media post, banner, or other promotional material does not, by itself, indicate that Baja Mobile is participating in, supervising, sponsoring, or endorsing that campaign.

Official Baja Mobile participation will be confirmed through Baja Mobile SteriVet's own communication channels.

If you see our name or logo associated with a campaign that has not been announced or confirmed by Baja Mobile, please contact us directly to verify our involvement.

They exist to protect the animals entrusted to our care, support the veterinary professionals performing this important work, provide communities with safe and responsible services, and maintain consistent standards wherever the Baja Mobile name appears.

We deeply value collaboration. Some of the greatest progress in animal welfare happens when veterinarians, community organizations, volunteers, government agencies, and residents work together. We look forward to continuing and expanding those partnerships throughout Baja California Sur.

We simply believe that:

When our name is attached to a campaign, our standards should be there too.

These standards establish the minimum conditions for Baja Mobile SteriVet participation or endorsement. They are not intended to replace professional veterinary judgment or Baja Mobile's more detailed internal clinical protocols.

Our guiding principle is simple:

Thank you to the communities throughout Baja California Sur that continue to place their trust in our veterinary team. We take that trust—and the welfare of every animal we serve—very seriously.

Baja Mobile SteriVet

Professional care. Responsible collaboration. Better outcomes for animals and communities.