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Integrating AI with Patient Monitoring Equipment: Enhancing Veterinary Anaesthesia Management

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an indispensable tool in many sectors, from healthcare and finance to entertainment and...

Near Misses: why bother?

Kerry is a veterinary intern who was rostered on an overnight shift in the intensive care unit of a busy emergency referral hospital. One...

Relax, but stay Vigilant. What Impact Relaxants can have on Patient Safety?

Relaxants (or, more correctly, neuromuscular blocking agents; NMBAs) are seldom used in veterinary medicine. A recent survey amongst...

Implementing Checklists - Part 3

Checklists and systematized processes help make sure that we don’t forget simple things which may improve patient outcome. Any clinic...

Building a safety culture in practice - a whole team approach

The phone in the prep room at Park Lane Vets is ringing which means someone has an emergency. ‘It’s going to be a Manic Monday,’ James...

Creating a Checklist - Part 2

Checklists are a terrific tool to help reduce adverse events and improve the quality of case management. They ensure that you don’t miss...

My First Experience with Checklists - Part 1

If you aren’t familiar with the concept of checklists to improve safety, they are a terrific tool. People often think, “I don’t need a...

Patient Safety in Veterinary Anaesthesia. What can we learn from human anaesthesia?

In veterinary medicine, patient safety culture is in its infancy with very few peer reviewed publications published. Little is actually...