Courses

What goes in what bin? What bins do we need? Where do used swabs go? Where do syringes with blood go? What about deceased wildlife?

Simple steps to keep safe from steam burns when using the autoclave, how to handle hot items and have the autoclave working safely, what is not safe to put in the autoclave?

Are vet clinics considered by safety legislation as ‘high’ or ‘low’ risk workplaces and what does that mean? How to appropriately provide the required first aid equipment and first aid-trained staff for a vet business? What is required? What about first aid training?

What are veterinary zoonotic diseases of concern for vet staff? Which ones may be present in our working days? How to protect ourselves from contracting an illness from the animals we work with.

What compressed gases do we use, how to handle veterinary compressed gases safely, how to store them safely and prevent an explosion.

How to keep a vet clinic safe from burglary, how to protect valuable veterinary assets like S8 drugs, money and staff, how to work safely when working sole charge.

What contributes to veterinary workplace stress, how can we reduce it, what does veterinary stress look and feel like?

How to manage electrical safety in the veterinary setting; the relevant high risk situations; and how to work safely with electricity and animals, including on farms.

What veterinary items are considered ‘sharps’, how to behave safely with veterinary sharps, what not to do, how to stop sharps ending up in the wash or left on surgery kit trays, what is the law with disposal? Developed using research on veterinary clinic sharps handling behaviours and injury data.

Which veterinary cytotoxic drugs do we use, how should we store, handle and dispense cytotoxic drugs safely, what waste bin to use, other legislated obligations e.g. cyclophosphamide in NSW.