Run the enhanced cleaning routine during a parvovirus outbreak

You are the Kennel Supervisor in the Shelter and Adoptions team.

Simulated workplaceIntermediate missionCAQA Riverbend Animal Care

What is going on

A dog in the observation block tested positive for parvovirus yesterday and has been moved to the isolation ward at the clinic. The Senior Veterinarian has declared an outbreak covering the admission and observation blocks. Nine dogs remain in those blocks, three of them unvaccinated on arrival. Volunteers are rostered on this morning and two members of the public are expected to collect reclaimed animals. You must lead the team through the enhanced cleaning routine, protect the green zone, keep the isolation protocol intact and make sure every observation is recorded so the veterinarian can track the outbreak.

Dr Callum Brennan, Practice Manager and Senior Veterinarian
Subject: Suspected parvovirus in isolation, enhanced cleaning from today

Sasha (RB-26-0887) has tested positive for parvovirus and is in the isolation ward. I am declaring an outbreak in the admission and observation blocks under the Infection Control and Biosecurity Policy. I need you to run the enhanced cleaning routine set out in the Cleaning, Disinfection and Isolation Procedure, stop intakes into the amber zone and check every dog in admission for symptoms twice daily. Record the outbreak status and your observations in the Animal Register for each affected animal and report any new cases to me the same day.

Your brief

Plan and lead the enhanced cleaning and monitoring response for the affected blocks in line with the Infection Control and Biosecurity Policy and the Cleaning, Disinfection and Isolation Procedure, keep people and unaffected animals safe, and record the outbreak status and observations in the Animal Register.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the outbreak response section of the Infection Control and Biosecurity Policy and the enhanced cleaning section of the Cleaning, Disinfection and Isolation Procedure.
Write a cleaning order for the morning that starts in the green zone and finishes in the red zone, naming which worker attends each zone and the personal protective equipment for each.
Prepare the virucidal disinfectant at the label concentration, describing the safety data sheet controls, the measuring method and the contact time you will enforce.
Brief the team and volunteers using the Toolbox Talk Record Template, covering zone rules, foot baths, glove changes and why volunteers must stay out of the amber and red zones.
Complete a twice-daily symptom check on each dog in the affected blocks and record outbreak status and observations in the Animal Register notes for every animal.
Update the WHS Incident and Hazard Register with a hazard entry for the outbreak, listing the controls in place and any gaps you found.
Write a same-day report to the Senior Veterinarian listing dogs with symptoms, cleaning completed and any intakes or movements you refused.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Zone cleaning order and personal protective equipment plan
Completed toolbox talk record
Animal Register notes for each affected dog
WHS hazard entry
Same-day report to the Senior Veterinarian

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.