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|Articles|December 1, 2004

Blue folder special

Bit & Spur Animal Hospital in Mobile, Ala., was about to begin a senior pet care plan. But hospital manager Kelley Wilbur knew they needed a better system to recognize senior pets.

Bit & Spur Animal Hospital in Mobile, Ala., was about to begin a senior pet care plan. But hospital manager Kelley Wilbur knew they needed a better system to recognize senior pets.

"Looking at our wall of files, I noticed that other than the color-coded stickers on the end tabs, everything was manila colored," Wilbur says. Her solution: The team keeps senior pet files in blue file folders, which are easy to spot.

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