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RCVS Knowledge Annual Report & Accounts 2022

T&C's Plowright 2023/24

This is a transcript of the conversation with Paul Stanley and Emily Parr from White Lodge Veterinary Surgery about their prospective audit to review antibiotic use in cat bite abscesses and successfully treated 86% of their patients without antibiotics without compromising patient welfare. 

Read this document to learn more information about participating in the National Audit for Small Animal Neutering (NASAN).

In this award winning case example, Leanne McLeod, RVN, from Earlswood Veterinary Hospital introduced a hypothermia audit with a focus on pre-warming patients before general anaesthesia. By introducing new protocols for the provision of passive warming from pre-medication, her team reduced the incidence of hypothermic patients from 100% to 16%.

In this award winning case example, vets Paul Stanley and Emily Parr from White Lodge Veterinary Surgery, CVS, carried out a prospective audit to review the use of antibiotics, with a focus on antibiotic use in cat bite abscesses. With the introduction of checklists and in-house CPD they were able to treat 86% of their patients successfully without antibiotics without compromising welfare.

A Veterinary Sepsis Care Bundle, created by, and shared with consent by, Katie GrayPG Cert VE DipAVN RVN FHEA. Adapted from Surviving Sepsis Campaign Sepsis 6. Created in 2016. Published in 2023.

This is a transcript of an interview with David Charles, RCVS Knowledge Quality Improvement Champion from 2023.

This is a transcript of an interview with Niamh Clancy, RCVS Knowledge Quality Improvement Champion from 2023.