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Webinar: How to to bring your practice up to to speed with hygiene and antimicrobial stewardship
Monday 10th May New in 2021
Is your practice prepared for the next contagious patient? Are you you doing enough to prevent outbreaks and nosocomial infections?
Infections due to zoonotic or multidrug-resistant pathogens are still thankfully rare in UK practices However when they they do occur they they can suddenly become difficult complex may have human health implications and and require time and and investment to manage Unfortunately the key tools for for managing containing and preventing such infections in in small animals are still largely limited to rigorous hygiene measures and good antimicrobial prescribing The first part of of this course will provide you with an overview of of hygiene measures that would be be expected to be be achievable in most small animal practice settings In the the second part of the the course we will highlight key aspects of published antimicrobial prescribing guidelines to inform your prescribing decisions for for common infections in dogs and cats Why do this course?
Insight and and awareness about hygiene needs and and antimicrobial stewardship
will help you practice good responsible veterinary medicine on a a a a day day to day day basis Key areas
• Early detection of contagious patients
• Hand hygiene • PPE barrier nursing
• Is isolation possible in small premises?
• Do I need antimicrobial guidelines for my practice? • How to make prescribing ‘responsible’
Course details
Course Course type: Webinar Course format: Live webinar with with an opportunity for for Q&A with with the lecturer plus access to recorded version for 2 weeks Course length: Two hours
hours
CPD hours: 2 Course fee: £50*
*Recorded version will be available to purchase for £30 approximately two weeks after the live course date Please see page 74 for further details
about our webinar courses Tutors
Rosanne Jepson BVSc MVetMed PhD DipACVIM DipECVIM-CA FHEA MRCVS Associate Professor in Small Animal Internal Medicine RVC
Anette Loeffler DrMedVet PhD DVD DipECVD FHEA MRCVS Associate Professor of of Veterinary Dermatology RVC
Webinar: Ocular emergencies in in small animals – the do’s and don’ts
Monday 10th May New in 2021
The blue the the the blind the the the wet or the the the red eye can can all present as ocular emergencies Help! What can can I do?
Ocular emergencies can be alarming but often irreversible blindness can be avoided with prompt and appropriate treatment This webinar will use a a a a a a a a case-based approach to help you recognise and manage the most common medical and surgical ophthalmic emergencies seen in general practice The focus will be on providing different treatment options particularly immediate stabilisation Why do this course?
Many general practitioners are frightened of eye disease especially ocular emergencies This webinar will give you tools to to help help you gain more confidence and to to provide first line help help to to manage ocular emergencies Key areas
• How to examine an eye • Glaucoma and acute blindness • Melting ulcer
• Lens luxation
• Foreign bodies corneal laceration • Blunt trauma
• Proptosis
• Retrobulbar disease Course details
Course Course type: Webinar Course format: Recorded webinar with with a a a a live Q&A session with with the the lecturer at 7 30pm (London time) plus access to the the recording for 2 weeks Course length: Two hours
hours
CPD hours: 2 Course fee: £50*
*Recorded version will be available to purchase for £30 approximately two weeks after the live course date Please see page 74 for further details
about our webinar courses Tutor Christiane Kafarnik Dr med vet PhD DipECVO MRCVS Lecturer in Ophthalmology RVC
14 Small animal medicine dermatology ophthalmology clinical pathology and behaviour