"Potpourri"-Miscellaneous
What is the hospital protocol on the age cut off for required pre-anesthetic bloodwork?
7 years old
What is the difference in the 2 different Propofols we carry?
Blue one: solely for cats. Green one for dogs.
Green has a longer lasting preservative that should not be used for cats!
Sorry Ms. Jackson, oooh! -Verify address, phone number, and E-mail.
What is the quick estimate for a critical?
350-500
It's 4:45 on a Friday afternoon, we have 2 hospitalized patients with 5:00pm treatments, a tech visit, an appointment, and a surgery discharge that have all checked in. 3 of the 6 techs working are scheduled to leave at 5:00pm-what should those techs who leave at 5:00 pm be doing?
5 pm rounding/treatment with late night team members on the hospitalized patients, making sure the cleaning list is caught up, finishing tasks needed to assist the remaining team members who are busy with appointments, and let a doctor know that you're leaving.
What is the youngest age we can give a lepto vaccine?
10 weeks!
It's 6:30 pm on a Monday, and a client calls saying their dog has been vomiting and now has diarrhea. What do you tell them?
I'm so sorry to hear that Fluffy isn't feeling well. If you can be here before we close at 7:00, we'd be happy to get Fluffy taken care of with a walk-in visit. The exam will be 90.00 with an estimate beyond that. If you think Fluffy can wait, we will set up an appointment for tomorrow, if none of this applies, refer to the ER.
How much of a deposit do we take for a hospitilization?
75% of the high end.
When arriving first thing in the morning, what are the steps to getting the clinic ready for the day?
Open gate, unlock doors. turn on the lights. turn on the x-ray, start bloodwork machines to come out of stand-by mode, turn on scales, turn on exam room computers.
You unpack a controlled drug, what do you do?
Check the product to the invoice, add to inventory by logging the controlled drug into the logbook noting the expiration date and lot number. Place the controlled drug invoice into the designated folder by the sink.
Mrs. Hester called and Moki ate some chocolate. What 3 things do you need to ask her?
1- How long ago?
2- How much?
3-What type of chocolate?
What should you do if a walk-in comes in and you are available to grab it?
Grab it, bring to treatment for TPR/diagnostics, place in kennel until the DVM is ready.