Sterile processing & infection control blog — page 7

Infection control, it’s in your hands - wash them well and often.

Why are some animals harder to treat than others? If you own or work at a veterinary clinic, this is one question you will likely ponder at some point. Cats are not dogs; neither are canaries, chinchillas or degus. But which pet-patients are the hardest to treat? Which animals must be wrangled and sedated in order to examine and which are so stinky, you’d rather eat dog food than stitch up its festering wound?

Here’s how you can help yourself - and your pet owner clients deal with grief and accept the reality of death during veterinary treatment.

A complete guide to everything you need to know to start your own veterinary practice and launch a fruitful independent pet care clinic.

Tuttnauer is pleased to announce a major milestone, the opening of our first office in Africa. The office, located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was opened in June and is part of a strategic expansion that has been in the works since 2013, when Ronen Blum was brought on board as Regional Sales Manager for Africa.

Tuttnauer now has an Environmental Management System (EMS) that is established in accordance with International Standard ISO 14001:2004. In simple terms, the Company is recognized for adhering to an environmental policy that it created, with specific objectives to reduce the environmental impact of its operations.  To that end, measures are now in place to (i) minimize waste, (ii) ensure compliance with environmental regulations, and (iii) to monitor suppliers for their regulatory compliance as well.

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Just as with any profession, there are certain pieces of equipment every veterinarian must acquire before a new vet practice can open and animals can start receiving treatment. These tools, devices and technologies allow vets to provide stellar, efficient medical care to pet-patients and must not be overlooked when putting together your clinic equipment purchase list.

People - and pets, can come into contact with a wide variety of infections substances and contaminants in many places and on many occasions, which is why keeping your vet clinic, the place where sick and immunocompromised pets go to receive treatment and get better, is so important. Although less studied and quantified than human hospital acquired infections (HAIs), animal HAIs, contracted at vet practices, do occur, and can significantly and adversely impact animal health.