Syringe safety and biologicals

Question 1

Medical waste

Answer 1

all materials generated as a
result of the diagnosis or treatment of a
patient (IV tubing, bandage material, etc.

Question 2

Biomedical waste is and type

Answer 2

a portion of the medical
waste that requires special precautions
1. Animal Biomedical Wastes
2. Cytotoxic Chemical Wastes
3. Microbiology Laboratory Wastes
4. Sharps Wastes

Question 3

Animal biomedical waste

Answer 3

Waste that consists of animal tissues, organs, body parts, carcasses, bedding, fluid blood and blood products, items saturated or dripping with blood or body fluids that contain or are suspected of containing a pathogen.
* Animal Biomedical Wastes should be disposed of by incineration either on or off site

Question 4

Three parts of the syringe

Answer 4

1. The tip (luer, slip or catheter): it will be sterile unless touched or left exposed to the environment
2. The barrel: the middle portion with the volume marked (only the inside portion is sterile)
3. The plunger (usually black rubber): volumes are read from the top ring of the plunger

Question 5

Luer lock is different from slip tip how

Answer 5

Luer lock syringes form a tight seal to prevent leakage
* especially important when injecting drugs that are dangerous if they leak out
* Most veterinarians will have a preference

Question 6

DA2PP

Answer 6

Distemper, Adenovirus-2, Parvovirus +/- Parainfluenza
* modified live vaccine

Question 7

Rabies vaccination

Answer 7

Inactivated vaccine

Question 8

FVRCP

Answer 8

Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis (Herpes), Calicivirus, Panleukopenia
* modified live vaccine
* Sometimes also contains Chlamydia

Question 9

Rabies vaccination in cats

Answer 9

Inactivated or Canarypox-vectored recombinant vaccine (non-adjuvanted)

Question 10

FELV

Answer 10

Feline Leukemia Virus

Question 11

None core vaccines for dogs

Answer 11

• Bordetella bronchiseptica (kennel cough)
• Considered a core vaccine by many practices
• Corona virus
• Leptospirosis
• Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

Question 12

Noncore vaccines for feline

Answer 12

• Chlamydia (upper respiratory)
• Included in some core combo vaccines
• FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis)

Question 13

Vaccine protocol for dog under 16 weeks

Answer 13

• 8 weeks – DA2PP
• 12 weeks – DA2PP + Rabies
• 16 weeks – DA2PP

Question 14

Vaccine protocol for dog over 16 weeks

Answer 14

• 1st visit – DA2PP + Rabies
• 2nd visit – DA2PP

Question 15

Vaccine protocol for cat over 16 weeks

Answer 15

• 1st visit – FVRCP +/- FELV + Rabies
• 2nd visit – FVRCP +/- FELV

Question 16

Vaccine protocol for cat under 16 weeks

Answer 16

• 8 weeks – FVRCP
• 12 weeks – FVRCP + FELV + Rabies
• 16 weeks – FVRCP + FELV

Question 17

What does Lyophilized mean??

Answer 17

• Some vaccines are packaged in a dry form (freeze- dried) so that they can be stored for a longer period of time.