Cataloguing the response by emergency veterinary hospitals during the COVID‐19 pandemic via weekly surveys

Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has presented veterinary emergency hospitals with unique challenges. Rapid online surveys represent an efficient way of collating responses to rapidly shifting circumstances. Methods Fifty, 24‐h small animal emergency veterinary hospital representatives were recruite...

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Published in:Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2000) Tex. : 2000), 2020-07, Vol.30 (4), p.493-497
Main Authors: Wayne, Annie S, Rozanski, Elizabeth A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Betacoronavirus
Brief Clinical Communication
Brief Clinical Communications
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Burnout, Professional - etiology
Cats
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Dogs
Emergencies - veterinary
Emergency Service, Hospital - trends
Female
Ferrets
Hospitals, Animal - economics
Hospitals, Animal - trends
Male
Occupational Stress - epidemiology
Occupational Stress - etiology
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment - supply & distribution
Pharmaceutical Preparations - supply & distribution
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has presented veterinary emergency hospitals with unique challenges. Rapid online surveys represent an efficient way of collating responses to rapidly shifting circumstances. Methods Fifty, 24‐h small animal emergency veterinary hospital representatives were recruited to participate in weekly surveys in April 2020 to catalog changes due to COVID‐19 pandemic. Key findings The majority of emergency veterinary hospitals surveyed reported significant changes to day‐to‐day operations as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Significance Reporting of weekly survey results provides useful information on how emergency veterinary hospitals with similar challenges are responding to the COVID‐19 pandemic.
ISSN:1479-3261
1476-4431
DOI:10.1111/vec.12974