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What is Standards of Care?

What Is Standards of Care?

Standards of Care (formerly Plumb's Pro) is an essential point-of-care resource with all the information you need to work up cases, choose treatments, and educate clients, all on one easy-to-use, continually updated platform. With practical, expert-backed guidance and all the trusted information in Plumb's built-in Standards of Care, Standards of Care helps you diagnose, treat, and educate clients confidently, without switching between multiple tools.


Standards of Care plans and pricing

Standards of Care offers plans for individuals, teams, and organizations.

  • Individual: access Standards of Care from any computer, tablet, or phone, plus the mobile app. See current pricing.

  • Team: group accounts support self-serve setup for up to 30 users, with centralized billing and license management for a designated administrator. See Standards of Care: Create a Group Account.

  • Practice groups, pharmacies, and academic institutions: organizations with 30 or more users, or that need custom access, work directly with our sales team. Contact sales to request a quote.

  • Students and new graduates: veterinary students at accredited programs can get Standards of Care for free after verifying student status. See Standards of Care Veterinary Student Subscription. After graduation, a discounted New Graduate rate is available for your first year.

Already subscribed and need to manage your plan, billing, or users? See Manage Your Standards of Care Subscription and Billing.

Note: Only need a digital drug reference, not the full clinical decision support library? See Choose the Right Plumb's Plan.


What's included in Standards of Care?

Your Standards of Care subscription includes:

  • Differential diagnosis (DDx) lists that help you quickly narrow down possible conditions based on clinical signs.

  • Practical, expert-written clinical monographs on hundreds of diseases, conditions, and clinical signs.

  • Algorithms for step-by-step diagnostic and treatment guidance.

  • An extensive library of pet owner handouts covering everything from test results and procedures to common conditions and more.

  • All the features of Plumb's, including continually updated drug information, drug handouts for pet owners, and the drug interaction checker.


What can I do with Standards of Care?

Standards of Care offers several features designed to support you as you work up cases, choose treatments, and educate clients.

  • Search for clinical information from any device: start typing a keyword or clinical sign into the search bar from any page and get results in the form of practical, reliable clinical monographs.

  • Check your next steps with clinical algorithms: find step-by-step guidance for working up cases with decision trees that can help you catch what you might've missed.

  • Find information on 800+ drugs used in animals: begin typing any drug or trade name into the search bar to get relevant results from Plumb's.

  • Evaluate drug-to-drug interactions: the Plumb's drug interaction checker offers veterinary-specific insights into drug interactions.

  • Counsel pet owners with clinical handouts: share handouts on common clinical conditions, procedures, preventive care, and more in just a few clicks.

  • Help pet owners understand new prescriptions: share printable, easy-to-understand drug information sheets on more than 550 commonly used drugs.

  • Stay current automatically: new drug and clinical monographs, content updates, and new features are included with your annual subscription at no additional cost.

  • Bookmark favorites for quicker access: click the star icon anywhere it appears to bookmark drugs, clinical monographs, pet owner handouts, and more.

  • Save notes on preferred protocols: pin notes wherever they're most relevant, from general reminders to referral protocols or TPR normals.

  • Confirm your mental math with the conversion calculator: convert between 5 common units (including lbs/kg, C°/F°) in one click, even from the app.


How do I access Standards of Care?

You can access Standards of Care from any internet browser (we recommend Google Chrome or Safari) on any device, including a phone, tablet, or desktop or laptop computer. You can also access it via the Standards & Plumb's Apple/iOS and Google/Android mobile apps, free with your subscription.


Still need help?

Contact support via live chat or email [email protected].

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