Donning Gloves in the Veterinary Setting with Dr. Diccon Westworth | VETgirl Veterinary Continuing Education Podcasts
About this episode
Dr. Diccon Westworth discusses sustainable practices in veterinary clinics and the appropriate use of non-sterile gloves.
In today’s VETgirl online veterinary continuing education podcast, we chat with Dr. Diccon Westworth , BVSc, DACVIM (Neurology) from VCA Animal Care Center (ACC) of Sonoma County on what we can do to practice more sustainably when it comes to our veterinary clinics. Dr. Westworth leads the Sustainability “Green” Team at ACC and is on the board of directors at the not-for-profit Veterinary Sustainability Alliance . Tune in to learn if, when and how we should appropriately use non-sterile (nitrile) gloves in the veterinary clinic, and what we need to know about hand hygiene and hand health!
People in this episode
Hosts: Dr. Justine Lee, Dr. Garret Pachinger
Guest: Dr. Diccon Westworth
Topics covered
- sustainability
- veterinary practices
- hand hygiene
- non-sterile gloves
- veterinary education
Keywords
- sustainability
- veterinary clinics
- hand hygiene
- nitrile gloves
- veterinary education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: VCA Animal Care Center, Veterinary Sustainability Alliance
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