Zoonotic Disease Prevention for Veterinarians

Question 1

What is the single most important measure to reduce the risk of disease transmission?

Answer 1

Hand washing with soap and water

Question 2

When should you wash your hands?

Answer 2

Before and after each patient encounter
After contact with feces, blood, body fluids, exudates, or articles contaminated with these substances
After cleaning cages or animal care areas
before eating or drinking, after using the toilet

Question 3

When should you ear gloves?

Answer 3

When touching feces, blood, body fluids, exudates, and non-intact skin
for dentistry, resuscitations, necropsies, and OB’s
For venipuncture on animals or soft tissue aspiration
to clean cages, litterboxes, and contaminated environmental surfaces
to handle dirty laundry
to handle diagnostic specimens

Question 4

When should you change gloves?

Answer 4

Between examination of individual animals or animal groups
Between dirty and clean procedures performed on the same patient
whenever torn