This week Dr Lewis and Dr Robbie caught up with some fellow veterinary podcasters from around the world, to talk about how we are navigating the global pandemic.

Our Veterinary Podcast Friends:

· Jordan Porter, RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM and Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM from Internal Medicine For Vet Techs

· Jeff Backus CVT, RVT, VTS (ECC) and Dave Cowan BA, CVT, VTS (ECC) from Vet Tech Cafe

· Tasha McNerney BS, CVT, CVPP, VTS (Anesthesia) from Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds

· Cat Robinson RVN, BA, LLB from Radio Vet Nurse

We’re hoping to check in with each other again in a month or so, since things are changing rapidly. Feel free to reach out to any of us with questions or issues you would like us to discuss in a future COVID-19 episode.

We discussed:

· COVID-19 in terms of:

o Zoonosis and reverse zoonosis.

o What we know about domestic pets.

o Fake news and the importance of finding reliable information.

· How we are mitigating the risk in our workplaces.

o How to minimize a pandemic in general.

o Employees, clients, patients and supplies.

o WHS risk assessment and hierarchy of control measures.

· The importance of having a COVID-19 response plan.

o Listen to the Uncharted podcast for a great guide to writing a response plan https://www.facebook.com/1695680574018782/posts/2542810305972467/

o If you would like to see an example of Cat’s Ready Vet response plan reach out to her here https://www.radiovetnurse.com/contact however please note that this plan was drafted 14 March 2020 and much has changed since then!

· How to keep our family or housemates safe if we are essential workers continuing to leave home and go to work.

· Mental Health in the new normal.

Resources to learn more.

· AVMA COVID-19 page: https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/covid-19

· CDC page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

· Here's the uncharted podcast https://www.facebook.com/1695680574018782/posts/2542810305972467/

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