Practice Tools for the New Normal
(page updated: January 26th, 2021)
A COVID-19-positive dog from Ontario, Canada may have pet owners concerned
While disease experts emphasize nothing has changed when it comes to the transmission of COVID-19 and pets, your clients may not realize this. And if COVID-fatigue has set in, then making sure your clients have the right information to keep their pets healthy is more important than ever.
To help your practice adapt and thrive, we have:
- Built a COVID-19 toolkit of client communication and education resources for you to use
- Compiled a number of highly relevant COVID-19 resources that address the changes in our new normal.
If you would like to be notified of updates we make to our toolkit and resource library, please provide us with your contact information.
COVID-19 Toolkit (toolkit updated September, 2020)
ClientEd Handouts
- Caring for Your Pets if You Have COVID-19 – UPDATED
- Tips for Dog Walkers – UPDATED
- Tips for Pet Sitters – UPDATED
- Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – UPDATED
- Curbside Veterinary Care: Benefits for You and Your Pet
- Physical Distancing and Your Pet
- Preventing Separation Anxiety
Social Media Posts and Posters
- Social Post: High-Five
- Social Post: Thank You
- Social Post: Infographic
- Social Post: Virtual Medicine
- Social Post: We’re Open
- Social Post: Curbside Pickup
- Poster: We’re Open
- Poster: Curbside Pickup
Additional Tools
- ALLYDVM direct email template
- Cubside Medical History Form – Fillable PDF
- Cubside Medical History Form – WebDVM Form and How-To Document
- WebDVM Announcements & Online Resources
- WebDVM Page Template
Relevant COVID-19 Resources
To support your efforts in communicating with clients, managing your practice, and exploring telehealth opportunities, we’ve categorized our resource library for easy access. We also acknowledge the importance of mental health and wellness during this time of change, and have included resources we hope you will find useful.
We will continue to update our library as new resources become available.
New Resources:
- Client Communications
- Medical Care and Testing
- Practice Management and Infection Control
- Mental Health and Wellness
- General Information and FAQs
- AVMA: Interim recommendations for intake of companion animals from households where humans with COVID-19 are present
- AVMA: Testing Animals for SARS-CoV-2
- Worms and Germs: COVID-19 -Recommendations for heartworm testing and prescribing heartworm preventives for dogs in Ontario
- AHS: Recommendations for Heartworm Testing, Prevention, and Treatment During the COVID-19 Crisis
General
Internal Processes
- Resuming Veterinary Practice Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A comprehensive risk management guide, JULY 2020
- LifeLearn: How Nearly Half of VHMA Practices Have Adapted in the “New Normal”
- AVMA: Considerations for mobile and house call veterinarians during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Worms & Germs: Veterinary Clinic Staff Cohorting
- A Guide to Mitigating the Risk of Infection in Veterinary Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Social Distancing Efforts
Infection Control
- Worm & Germs: Veterinary COVID-19 Infection Control Q&A
- AVMA: Infection Prevention Control
- CDC: Cleaning and Disinfection for Community Facilities
- EPA: List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
- AVMA: Guidelines for use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic when demand exceeds supply
Business Management
- Vetfolio: Let’s Get Personal: How to Stay Well During COVID-19 with Dr. Debbie Stoewen (CE course)
- Vetfolio: Managing Stress Through Personal Distancing with Dr. Debbie Stoewen (Podcast)
- LifeLearn: 3 Self-Care Tips to Combat COVID-19 Burnout
- Wellness Together Canada: Mental Health and Substance Use Support
- AAHA: Pandemic Self-Care for Veterinary Teams
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We will continue to update our COVID-19 toolkit and resource library as new information becomes available. If you would like to be alerted to these updates, please provide your contact information in the form above.
