Intensive Care

Intensive care – A aisle

• Access to A aisle is limited to those caring for patients housed there.
• PPE and Biosecurity:
  • Disposable gloves and overboots must be worn to enter any stall occupied by a patient on A aisle.
  • Disposable gloves must be worn when moving the animal(s) to and from another location for examination and during examination of the animal(s) at that location.
  • Ensure hand washing and shoe hygiene between patients throughout the hospital – use antibacterial hand sanitizer dispensers, or soap and water, and disinfectant spray bottles on shoe soles.
• All horses admitted with a gastrointestinal disorder shall be considered high risk Salmonella spp. shedders and will have biosecurity surveillance samples collected for submission on Mondays and Thursdays.
• Admission of a foal with gastrointestinal disease with a dam – fecal samples must be collected from both the foal and the mare.
• Patient movement outside of A aisle:
  • A patient with a gastrointestinal problem housed in A aisle must be walked on the asphalt outside the hospital, not around the hospital aisles or in communal grazing areas.