International Women’s Day – 8 March 2025
The theme this year is #AccelerateAction for gender equality To all the women who work every day to support others and smile, even when they don’t want to – this …
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Food safety for animals and humans – Part 2
Image: Stevens, Rhiannon. ‘On the hunt’ ABC News Online, 2 August 2024 URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-02/deer-hunters-game-meat/103974062. Accessed 27 September 2024. Please note – this information may change as more is understood about …
Food safety for animals and humans – Part 1
1909 Homeopathic product, American Institute of Homeopathy (Image The Public Domain Review) This week, I have noticed several posts about disease transmission occurring through food. To keep your cats (and …
Preparedness for Avian Influenza – Exercise Volare Oct 2024
Australia is the last continent on earth to be affected by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. It has been responsible for the deaths of an estimated 280 million birds around the …
Healthcare-associated infection surveillance
Surveillance of healthcare-associated (nosocomial) infections within veterinary practices is minimal with many practices not reviewing culture and sensitivity results. There is more discussion about the need to understand pathogens in …
Rethink intravenous flushes
Reduced availability of IV fluids is having impacts in veterinary and human health. This may be the time to rethink how IV flushes are often prepared in veterinary practice. The …
HPAI in Australia 22 May 2024
Yesterday Australian was the only continent free of the current strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Today, unfortunately, a poultry farm in Victoria is awaiting confirmation of the strain of …
World Hand Hygiene Day 2024
World Hand Hygiene Day 2024 The theme is promoting knowledge and capacity building of all health workers through innovative and impactful training and education, on infection prevention and control, including …
Aerosol? Airborne? Droplet? Confused about respiratory transmission of diseases?
After a two year consultation, the WHO has now defined pathogens (human, animal, environment) transmitted through the air as “Infectious respiratory particles” (IRPs). These include influenza, Tuberculosis, SARS, MERS, COVID-19, …
WSAVA 2024 Guidelines for vaccination of dogs and cats
The latest version of the WSAVA Guidelines for vaccination of dogs and cats provides peer-reviewed advice for practitioners in helping to reduce the incidence of preventable, infectious diseases. Some of …