Considerations for hand hygiene to reduce hospital acquired infections in practice

Veterinary nurses will commonly encounter patients that are suffering from an identified active infection and are carrying organisms that the practice has been made aware of. Active measures are...

Urinary catheters: indications for use and management

Guptill (2015) expressed that the primary goal of all veterinary professionals is keeping their patients healthy, and a large focus in relation to maintaining their health in practice concerns the...

Hygiene — a primary tool in infection control

Everyone in the practice, owner/client, veterinary surgeon, veterinary nurse, receptionist, kennel worker/patient care assistant and cleaner is responsible for hygiene of the practice. It is...