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*Knowledge Award 2019 Winner* Clinical audit template
4 March 2020 - 81KB XLSX
This award-winning case example shows how the Vets Now Macclesfield team conducted quarterly audits to improve general anaesthetic monitoring in an emergency setting. As a result, the practice suffered zero patient deaths or significant events related to anaesthesia or sedation. Vets Now Macclesfield won the RCVS Knowledge Practice Champion Award in 2019 for their work in this area.
This document is an excel spreadsheet detailing how they recorded their audit information.
This document is an excel spreadsheet detailing how they recorded their audit information.
*Knowledge Award 2019 Winner* General anaesthetic monitoring in an emergency setting
4 March 2020 - 544KB PDF
This award-winning case example shows how the Vets Now Macclesfield team conducted quarterly audits to improve general anaesthetic monitoring in an emergency setting. As a result, the practice suffered zero patient deaths or significant events related to anaesthesia or sedation. Vets Now Macclesfield won the RCVS Knowledge Practice Champion Award in 2019 for their work in this area
Anaesthetic Safety Checklist from Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists
2 March 2020 - 39KB PDF
This Anaesthetic Safety Checklist has been developed by the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists with permission to share on this website for use by veterinary professionals.
inFOCUS Clinical Support Fellow
2 March 2020 - 148KB PDF
inFOCUS Clinical Support Fellow role job description
Surgical Safety Checklist Manual
2 March 2020 - 1529KB PDF
This RCVS Knowledge manual details how surgical safety checklists can be used to improve patient safety within practice. Developed following results from the recent research undertaken into Quality Improvement within the veterinary industry, this manual includes examples and testimonials from a variety of practices and organisations to help with the development and implementation of your surgical safety checklist.
Surgical Safety Checklist template
2 March 2020 - 439KB PDF
This surgical safety checklist template has been designed by RCVS Knowledge to help you get started with creating and implementing your own.
Surgical Safety Checklist Template
2 March 2020 - 70KB PDF
This surgical safety checklist template has been designed by RCVS Knowledge to help you get started with creating and implementing your own. Updated: February 2024.
Checklists presentation - Amanda Boag
28 February 2020 - 3091KB PDF
Presentation on checklists by Amanda Boag, Clinical Director at Vets Now and President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Reference material for 'The life-saving value of checklists' Knowledge Sessions podcast.