In today’s rounds, Dr Elizabeth Thrift takes us through diagnosis and management of both canine and feline diabetes mellitus. These disease are so different in how they need to be handled, its almost a trick to call them the same disease!
Medicine rounds with Dr Dave Collins
May 3rd, 2020Get deep down into the quicksand of gall bladder sludge and other gall bladder disease with Dr Dave Collins
Radiology rounds with Dr Mariano Makara
May 2nd, 2020This rounds, we learn some vital radiological principals, including border effacement, and apply them to cases. Dr Mariano is such a fantastic teacher, we hope you get as much out of this as we did!
Surgical Rounds with Dr Alen Lai
May 1st, 2020Dr Alen tells us all about the “ins and outs” of elbow luxation. By the end of this session you will be prepared to perform and closed reduction, and know the next steps if closed reduction doesn’t work!
Link to second radiology rounds
April 23rd, 2020Dr Mariano Makara discusses radiographs from 2 tricky cases – a 6 week old kitten with acute onset coughing and dyspnoea, and a 2 year old cat with acute onset vomiting. Learn the hints and tell-tale changes to help make a diagnosis from your radiographs!
Online Radiology rounds
April 16th, 2020The fabulous Dr Mariano Makara hosted our first virtual rounds meeting yesterday. Click here to watch, and earn 1 structured CPD point.
Next Rounds: MEDICINE with Dr Elizabeth Thrift, Monday 20th April, 7pm.
Topics: Hypo- and hyperadrenocorticism
1 hour duration, 1 CPD point, lecture style presentation with question time.
NVS and COVID-19: SMS treatment consent
April 9th, 2020Our wonderful management team have sorted SMS treatment consent – this has been godsend in our new contactless admissions process. See attached protocol here!
NVS and COVID-19 – Response to Employee Testing Positive
April 8th, 2020We have put a lot of time and effort into making sure our hospital protocols and procedures are consistent with best-practice advice, putting the health and safety of our employees, patients, and community at the forefront.
We share our policies and procedures here, please feel free to use or adapt them for your own practice as you see fit.
NVS and COVID-19 – Hospital disinfection
April 7th, 2020We are using so much disinfectant at the moment, and have done a lot of research on what we should be using for environmental, patient, and personnel COVID-19 disinfection. Ultimately, we can’t afford to be choosy due to limited availability, so here is a list for you to fall back on if supply of your first choice dries up.
HANDS: Detergents (Soap at 1:49 dilution – important given scarcity of sanitizer!)
SURFACES: Bleach at 1: 49 or 1:99 for 5 minutes (may damage many surfaces), Hydrogen peroxide 1:64 for 5 minutes, Ethanol 60% or greater 5mins or less, Chlorhexidine 0.05% for 5 minutes, Hydrogen peroxide 3% 6 – 8 minutes, F10 1:100 in 5 minutes, Trigene 1:20, allow to dry on the surface.
KEYBOARDS, PHONES: Any of the above, but our favourite is Isopropyl alcohol 70% for 1 – 3 minutes. This dries rapidly and doesn’t damage surfaces, most common in wipes.
PATIENTS: Detergent shampoo for any patient admitted having been in contact with test positive or isolated household.
We are divided into teams, who have zero crossover, so are disinfecting the practice between teams. We have attached our handover disinfection protocol for your reference and use in your practice. Also attached are our Contactless admission protocols with disinfection practices recorded.
NVS and COVID-19
April 6th, 2020OVERVIEW
COVID-19 has impacted on the way many veterinary clinics are running. Here is a quick summary of how NVS can continue to serve your practice during this time.
Please note that many services are now offering early morning consults as well as video tele-consultations to improve appointment time flexibility for our clients.
REFERRAL CONSULTATIONS
SURGERY SPECIALIST SERVICE
Staffed by Drs. Eugene Buffa, Alen Lai and Michelle Joffe
Available Monday to Friday 6am to 6pm
INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST SERVICE
Staffed by Drs. Elizabeth Thrift, Anna Dengate and Dave Collins
Available Monday to Friday 6am to 6pm
EXOTICS & SMALL PETS SPECIALIST SERVICE
Staffed by Dr. Izidora Sladakovic
Available Monday and Tuesday 8am to 5pm
Video consultation available by appointment Monday-Friday
CARDIOLOGY SPECIALIST SERVICE
Staffed by Dr. Rita Singh
Available Wednesday and Thursday 8.30am to 5pm
EMERGENCY & CRITICAL CARE SERVICE
Available Monday to Friday 6am to 6pm
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICE
Available Monday to Friday 6am to 6pm
Teleradiology service now available, see details below.
NVS TELERADIOLOGY SERVICE
We are excited to announce our new teleradiology service is up and running!
To send through imaging studies, configure your x-ray or ultrasound machine to DICOM send to the following external port:
Port 5001
AE Title KEYSTONE
Host 103.31.114.176
For assistance with this, contact Asteris 24/7 customer service at support@asteris.comOnce you have sent through your images, submit the brief teleradiology request form, located here.
EARLY MORNING CONSULTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
Our appointment hours have been extended!
NVS is available from 6am Monday to Friday and many of our specialist services are now offering early morning consultations. If you have a client who would like to take advantage of this new availability, please contact 9452 2933.
HOW CAN WE HELP?
If there is anything we can do to better serve you, please do not hesitate to get in contact with our team. We will continue to be as flexible as possible during this dynamic time.