Isolation Disinfection Flashcards
The book says to clean isolation stalls with dilute bleach and let air dry and not rinse, why is this a problem
Horses pee ammonia (makes chloramine gas)
Nothing leaves the hot zone until…
Disinfection is complete
Recumbent/ non ambulatory patients require…
Intensive care
Your safety and patients safety is important in recumbent/ non ambulatory patients bc…
They are prey animals and will flail to try to get up and cause injury
Complications of recumbent/ non ambulatory patients
- Eye trauma
- Resp disease
- Limb trauma
- bladder infection
- GI dysfunction
Decubital ulcers can be a result of…
Improper bedding (not thick enough)
Patient positioning requires 2-3 people and is ideally performed every….
2-3 hrs
Caused by collapse of vessels inside a muscle compartment (encased in fascia) due to heavy body weight of the animal
nerve and muscle damage
Compartment syndrome
LA in lateral recumbency basically rest on the eye’s ____________, the most common eye trauma is….
Orbit
Corneal ulceration
In recumbent/ non ambulatory patients with leg trauma, we should remove…
Shoes and bandages
