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Jurox (UK) Ltd, manufacturer of the anaesthetic Alfaxan®, has collaborated with leading anaesthesia specialist, Carl BradbrookBVSc CertVA DipECVAA MRCVS, on its latest ‘Anaesthesia1ST’ online newsletter.
The collaboration sees Carl’s article ‘Are you using a safety checklist in your practice?’, focusing on the benefits of introducing a safety checklist in practice to reduce patient morbidity, mortality and to improve communication between members of the veterinary team.
A checklist helps eliminate the need to memorise every single step of a protocol and self-limit any errors that may eventually lead to a fatal or near-fatal incident. It contains a limited number of elements, allowing quick completion and most importantly to be relevant to the situation.
The article features useful information on how to introduce a safety checklist, steps to consider and how to use one in practice. It also contains links to downloadable tools including the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists (AVA) safety checklist and implementation booklet and information on the association’s ‘Safer Anaesthesia Project’. An editable safety checklist will also be available to download from the ‘Anaesthesia1ST’ blog that practices can adapt to their own requirements.
“Our hugely popular Anaesthesia1ST newsletter features state-of-the-art, practical and easy to read articles to help veterinary professionals deliver 1ST class anaesthesia to all patients,” comments Richard Beckwith, country manager of Jurox (UK) Ltd. “Our latest edition will challenge practices to consider safety checklists as an essential part of their pre-anaesthetic routine in order to reduce the risk of mistakes.”
To sign up to the Anaesthesia1STnewsletter visit the Alfaxan website – www.alfaxan.co.uk, contact your local Jurox technical sales representative or email Jurox at info@jurox.co.uk