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GUEST: Heather Sartorelli is a Registered Veterinary Technician, Fear Free Certified and the Lead Consultant with Sartorelli Consulting Services. She specializes in helping spay/neuter clinics, moving them to a high-quality, high-volume level by working closely with the surgical and management teams. She has 18 years of spay/neuter experience and 10 years of shelter experience. She has worked as manager of Clinic Mentorship Programs for Humane Alliance/ASPCA Spay Neuter Alliance and as the medical manager and lead surgery technician at SPCA Tampa Bay.

MAIN QUESTION: What advice would you have for clinics to function effectively and efficiently amid this current public health crisis?

TAKEAWAYS:

* Make sure staff is feeling safe and healthy. You can do this in a number of ways:

~ Hold a brief team meeting to start each day where people can share concerns and information.

~ Cross-train to be able to better handle absences.

~ Be supportive of staff who don\\u2019t feel comfortable doing a task for safety reasons.

~ Create a culture that doesn\\u2019t tolerate gossip.

~ Make change easier to embrace by making it fun (the new policy bingo game Heather mentioned is an example).

~ Practice recommended workplace COVID-19 prevention measures.

~ Create visual reminders and provide supplies throughout the facility that make compliance with coronavirus safety measures easy. This might include 6-foot markings on the floor of high traffic areas, multiple cleanings of common areas throughout the workday, and providing Plexiglas or clear shower curtain dividers to provide separation of work areas.

* Create a safe environment for client and patient interactions:

~ Go paperless as much as possible

~ Implement an efficient tight process for curbside intake and discharge, including after-care instructions.

~ Put simple, clear process details online so that clients know what to expect.

LINKS:

* Heather Sartorelli\\u2019s Clinic Mentorship Services: https://clinicmentorshipservices.com\\xa0

* Scheduling apps:

~ Clinic HQ https://clinichq.com, which offers a free year if organization has received a #SpayTogether grant

~ TimeTap https://www.timetap.com

~ 10to8 https://10to8.com\\xa0

* Bingo card sample for helping staff adopt new policies and procedures https://www.humanenetwork.org/resources. It\'s under the Leadership section of the Resources page.

* Recommended workplace COVID-19 prevention measures from the CDC https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/office-buildings.html\\xa0

* Clicker training for cats:

~ Bruce the Clicker Trained Cat\\u2019s Adoption Promotion Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0jSKt-UEAQ\\xa0

~ Free PDF: Jackson Galaxy\\u2019s Cat Positive Program: Teach Your Cat (or Foster Feline) to High-Five (and more!) https://www.jacksongalaxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CatPawsitiveTrainingAtHome-compressed.pdf\\xa0

~ Book: "Clicker Training for Cats by Karen Pryor https://www.amazon.com/Clicker-Training-Karen-Pryor-Books/dp/1890948144\\xa0

Recorded Aug. 4, 2020.