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A clean bill of health: practice hygiene
Author(s) -
Cherry Simon
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.27.10.548
Subject(s) - hygiene , publicity , operations management , business , medicine , environmental health , engineering , marketing , pathology
RECENT publicity about MRSA has highlighted the importance of hygiene systems in veterinary practices. Standard sanitary operating procedures (SSOPs) enable practices to ensure that cleaning is done as specified, that records are available to confirm this, and that corrective measures are taken if problems are found. Here, Simon Cherry outlines how to set up a system of SSOPs.