University of Pretoria. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Dept. of Companion Animal Clinical Studies2010-11-052010-11-0520082010-11-05http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15197Metadata assigned by Dr. M. van Schoor, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Companion Animal Clinical StudiesSterile handling in the ICU is essential to prevent cross contamination and infections. It is therefore vital that all tables, scales, and other equipment that the patient comes into contact with should routinely be disinfected between patients. Disinfectants that are commonly used are alcohol, chlorine compounds, iodine compounds and glutaraldehyde. Tissues of the inner body are sterile and therefore any equipment that comes in to contact with tissues must be sterile. Commonly used sterilization processes include steam, chemical, plasma, ionizing and cold chemical sterilization.REFERENCE: Fossum, TW, Hedlund, CS, Hulse, DA, Johnson, AL, Seim, HB, Willard, MD & Gwendolun, LC 2002, ‘Small animal surgery’, 2nd ed., Mosby, St Louis, pp. 1-10.1 colour photoJPEG© Dr Mirinda van Schoor, University of Pretoria. Dept. of Companion Animal Clinical Studies (Original and digital). Provided for educational purposes only. It may not be downloaded, reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the original copyright holder. Any attempt to circumvent the access controls placed on this file is a violation of copyright laws and is subject to criminal prosecution. Please contact the collection administrator for copyright issues.Veterinary intensive careCross-contaminationInfectionSterilizationVeterinary disinfectionVeterinary critical careVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaVeterinary emergenciesStill Image