Abstract
ABSTRACT To determine the health and safety training provided to veterinary students, ascertain their injuries, and evaluate the vaccinations they received we surveyed the 28 veterinary schools in the United States and Canada. Eighteen (64%) of the schools responded. It appears that veterinary schools could better train their students considering the number of injuries and illnesses reported in the previous two years as a direct result of working in the health care setting. For example, 14 schools reported 1-12 bites/maulings, 14 reported 1-5 kicks/gorings, 11 reported 2-27 scratches, and 11 schools reported 1-5 scalpel/knife cuts. In addition, some, students training for food animal practice are poorly prepared to work in confinement housing as only 39% (7/18) of schools train students in how to choose and wear a breathing mask and only 11% (2/18) train students in how to choose and wear ear protection. In contrast, 14 (78%) respondents agreed with the statement that, in general, most of their veterinary...
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