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21 March 2020

Surgical safety checklist manual

This comprehensive guide introduces surgical safety checklists alongside examples from practices.

Quality improvementSurgery and anaesthesia
Case example

4 March 2020

General anaesthetic monitoring in an emergency setting

Vets Now Macclesfield

Explore a case study about an audit on general anaesthetic monitoring.

Quality improvementSurgery and anaesthesiaAudits and benchmarks
Case example

15 January 2020

Equine dental process audit case example

Gillivervet Equine Practice

A case example of a process audit that was carried out to identify if team members were completing dental charts for all dental examinations.

Quality improvementEquineAudits and benchmarks
Case example

15 January 2020

Equine dispensing process audit case example

A case example of how a process audit was completed to ascertain if the dispensing protocol was being followed in an equine practice.

Quality improvementEquineSurgery and anaesthesiaAudits and benchmarks
Case example

20 December 2019

Creating guidelines within Blue Cross

Blue Cross

Explore how Blue Cross developed guidelines throughout the charity.

Quality improvementContextualised carePatient careCommunication and teamwork
Case example

1 November 2019

Significant event audit: controlled drugs register

The QI Vets team demonstrate how to complete a significant event audit on an issue with controlled drugs.

Quality improvementSmall animalsAudits and benchmarks
Tool / guidance

3 September 2019

IV checklist

Newnham Court Veterinary Hospital

This checklist has been developed by Newnham Court Veterinary Hospital for care of peripheral venous catheters.

Quality improvementPatient careSurgery and anaesthesia
Case example

3 September 2019

Peripheral catheter checklist and audit case example

Newnham Court Veterinary Hospital

This case example shows how one practice implemented a peripheral catheter care checklist, and monitored its use and effectiveness through clinical audit.

Quality improvementSmall animalsAudits and benchmarks
Case example

28 July 2019

Surgical safety checklist in practice

This case example details the implementation of a surgical safety checklist in practice.

Quality improvementSurgery and anaesthesia
Case example

5 July 2019

Creating practice guidelines on the use of suture material in feline spays

A case example on the development of a guideline for suturing in feline cat spays.

Quality improvementSmall animalsSurgery and anaesthesiaPatient care
Case example

14 June 2019

Creating a BOAS box after a significant event

Explore a case example by Elisa Best about creating a BOAS box for patients in crisis.

Quality improvementSmall animalsPatient careMedicine
Case example

14 June 2019

Significant event audit: rabbit anaesthetic mortality

Explore a case example of a significant event audit that took place following the death of a rabbit under anaesthetic for a routine surgical procedure.

Quality improvementExoticsAudits and benchmarksSurgery and anaesthesia

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