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Transcript: How do face coverings work? (Part one) COVID-19 Mythbusting
6 October 2020 - 205KB PDF
Transcript of a COVID-19 mythbusting session 'How do face coverings work? (part one)' by David Singleton, MRCVS Epidemiologist University of Liverpool
QI Vets Meloxicam overdose
10 September 2020 - 519KB PDF
A patient is admitted after being given a 45kg dose of meloxicam instead of a 4.5kg dose. This case example shows the processes the team took to identify how this happened, and how to change to improve patient safety.
Annual Report and Accounts 2019
7 September 2020 - 747KB PDF
RCVS Knowledge Annual Report & Accounts 2019
*Knowledge Award 2020 Highly Commended* Hygiene and uniform audit
7 September 2020 - 4687KB PDF
This case example shows how the team at The Laurels initiated a clinical audit to monitor hand hygiene and compliance to uniform protocols within practice. Sandra Hunt, practice manager of The Laurels, was awarded Highly Commended in the 2020 Knowledge Awards for this QI initiative.
Coronavirus search results for August 2020
2 September 2020 - 2853KB PDF
Coronavirus search results from CAB Abstracts: Aug 2020
*Knowledge Awards 2020* Post-operative hypothermia audit podcast transcript, Samantha Thompson
20 August 2020 - 153KB PDF
Samantha Thompson, RVN and Post-Registration Programme Manager for the Linnaeus Group, discusses her post-operative hypothermia audit, which was Highly Commended in the Knowledge Awards 2020.
QI Vets Near miss in the dispensary
20 August 2020 - 618KB PDF
This case example details a significant event audit that was completed at a mock veterinary practice 'QI Vets'. The fourth of our features in Vet Times looks at how the team took action after a team member recorded a 'near-miss' event occurring in the dispensary.
*Knowledge Award 2020 Highly Commended* Post-operative hypothermia audit
13 August 2020 - 547KB PDF
This case example shows how Samantha Thompson RVN initiated a clinical audit to identify hypothermia in post-operative patients and used the results to make changes within practice. Samantha was awarded Highly Commended in the 2020 Knowledge Awards for her QI initiative.
Also available as a podcast.
Also available as a podcast.