VETERINARY PRACTICE GUIDELINES 2018 AAHA Infection …

VETERINARY PRACTICE GUIDELINES2018 AAHA Infection control , Prevention, andBiosecurity GUIDELINES *Jason W. Stull, VMD, MPVM, PhD, DACVPMy, Erin Bjorvik, BS, CVT, Joshua Bub, DVM, DABVP (C/F), GlendaDvorak, MS, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, Christine Petersen, DVM, PhD, Heather L. Troyer, DVM, DABVP (C/F), CVA,CVPPABSTRACTA VETERINARY team s best work can be undone by a breach in Infection control , prevention, and biosecurity (ICPB). Such a breach, inthe PRACTICE or home-care setting, can lead to medical, social, andfinancial impacts on patients, clients, and staff, as well as damagethe reputation of the hospital. To mitigate these negative outcomes, the AAHA ICPB GUIDELINES Task Force believes that hospitalteams should improve upon their current efforts by limiting pathogen exposure from entering or being transmitted throughout thehospital population and using surveillance methods to detect any new entry of a pathogen into the PRACTICE .

and infection within the hospital population; and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of infection control practices at controlling disease.9,10 There are limited data and evidence-based studies that clearly measure the added benefits of infection control practices in vet-erinary practices.9,10 Nonetheless, the prevailing opinion within the

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