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Mind Map by joanna_stopher, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by joanna_stopher
almost 11 years ago
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Veterinary practice hygiene
- General Hygiene
- Remove faces/urine - keep kennels clean
- remove ineaten food - attracts flies
- clean eyes/noses etc
- clients notice how clean the place is
- Remove faces/urine - keep kennels clean
- Why is it important? How to maintain it
- prevent cross contamination
- aid recovery
- wear correct ppe
- personal hygiene
- wash hands
- prevent cross contamination
- susceptibility of microbes to disinfection
- bacterial spores = hardest to kill, hence sterilization, not many disinfectants will kill them
- Viruses = not as hardy as bacterial spores, a few disinfectants will kill them
- fungi = easier to destroy than bacterial spores
- protozoa = not hardy, quite a few disinfectant will kill them
- aseptic = as clean as possible, no bacteria
- bacterial spores = hardest to kill, hence sterilization, not many disinfectants will kill them
- disinfectant efficiency - allow contact time (different for each one), rinse after
- different areas
- reception needs to look and smell clean
- different level of cleaning in each area according to purpose
- put bedding on a hot wash
- reception needs to look and smell clean
- antiseptics
- chlorohexidine/biguanade - hibiscrub, dont use around eyes, works for up to 6 hours, fairly widespread acting, good for handwashing
- iodine - takes 2 minutes to start working, widespread acting
- alcohols - surgical spirtit, use last when prepping for surgery
- chlorohexidine/biguanade - hibiscrub, dont use around eyes, works for up to 6 hours, fairly widespread acting, good for handwashing
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