The facility must comply with the following:- One or more rooms for the treatment and pre-operative preparation of patients, which must be conveniently close to the operating room; A separate room is equipped as an operating room and has: Adequate general lighting, as well as an adequate light source for procedures; A surgical table with an impervious operating surface that can be easily cleansed and disinfected; An adequate supply of oxygen; A gas anaesthetic apparatus or a means of effectively administering oxygen through an endotracheal tube, ambu-bag or mask; A means of viewing radiographs; and Adequate ventilation. The operating room must be of adequate size and must be an adequate supply of sterile equipment, drapes and instruments at all times. may be no thoroughfare through an operating room during a surgical procedure being performed. The operating room may not be used as a storage room. Patients should be prepared in a separate room convenient to the theatre (operating room) but not in the same place as where surgery takes place. Only preparation of the patient may be done in the operating room. Aseptic conditions must be maintained in the operating room. must be appropriate autoclave equipment or other suitable sterilising equipment or techniques, or access thereto, for the effective sterilisation of surgical packs and other equipment and have adequate storage for sterilised packs and employ acceptable techniques to indicate the effectiveness and expiry of sterilisation. Suitable scrubbing up facilities must be available.
Individual capture course spend much time on emergency procedures and first-aid kits, but there is no uniformity of what this should be, and not every veterinarian in South Africa who uses these drugs has done a Capture Course or a First Aid course. This is currently a requirement in both Namibia and Zimbabwe, but not in South Africa, where most of these immobilizing drugs are used. I believe this should be a legislated part of being able to do wildlife practice. Dr R Burroughs Suggestion: Dr Marwick Totally impractical--scrap rule Propose: The veterinarian using highly-scheduled substances should at all times instruct at least one or more of the bystanders/assistants on how and what medication to administer in case of accidental exposure to said medicines An assistant (or bystander) that is adequately trained and experienced to administer first-aid and the required antidote when necessary; If at all possible an assistant or bystander that is adequately trained and experienced to administer first-aid and the required antidote when necessary or the attending persons must at least be instructed in the basic life-saving treatment, should an accident happen and be given telephone numbers to call This is crazy as the SAVC and SAVA have prevented us from sending lay people on dangerous drugs courses that are now only for vets, how must these assistants get trained? A Lewis One can train a person on how to administer a S4 antidote without needing them competent in the darting. V Naidoo 3b. There are no training courses in South Africa that are recognized by the SAVC to enable a back-up to a veterinarian, other than possibly a veterinary nurse. Paramedics are not employed by veterinarians to be on standby. This clause does not reflect reality. A bystander may be instructed by the vet as to what to do or expect, but may have no experience in handing a syringe or giving an IV injection. Dr R Burroughs Suggestion The SAVC should approve/accredit a first aid course for veterinarians AND VETERINARY PARA-PROFESSIONALS using above-mentioned highly scheduled medicines