Opening Shift Checklist

Rawesome Vets · Initial each task · One sheet per week
Week of:
No sign-off = shift not complete
By 9am
MTWTFS
Boarding Animals
Boarding chart — read, eating noted and updated
Concerns — noted on treatment whiteboard
Dogs — outside run, fresh water bowls
Cats — fresh run or cat tower
Kennels clean — no soiling, no odour, beds & bowls clean, all 4 drains clear
Hospital Patients
Hospital chart — read before touching patient
Observations — vomiting / diarrhoea / eaten, noted on chart
Fluids — overnight drip checked
Morning meds — checked on chart, reported to nurse  Nurse administers only
Dogs — outside for toilet & stretch, then back in
Faecal sample — collected if diarrhoea present
Ron  ·  Laundry  ·  Pet Food Room  ·  Front of Clinic
Ron — outside run (if uncooperative: back in kennel, do not let roam)
Laundry — pull down dry, hang fresh unfolded & vertical, next load on
Pet food room — unlocked, outside freezer unlocked, POS on
Lights — on throughout clinic
Computers — all on, OpenVPMS open on Workflow page
Scales — on and tared, screen reads 0.00 kg
Reception & consult rooms — clean, no hair, no odour, floors swept
Reception TV — on with educational videos running
Phones live — at 9am exactly
9am sign-off — name & time
M T W T F S
9am – 11am  Mon – Fri only  ·  Surgery starts 11am
MTWTF
Hard 11am finish
Surgery set up — fully ready before first patient Hard 11am
Online orders — packed & marked ready for pickup Hard 11am
Complete as early as possible
Blood machines — on, blank run completed on HM5
Towels — restocked throughout clinic
Treatment & surgery stations — restocked, syringes and consumables
Disinfectants — chlorhex, alcohol & scrubbing tub filled
Laundry — rolling, pull down dry, hang wet, next load on
If needs doing
Dishes — packed away from dishwasher
Instruments — dry, packed for kit packing
ET tubes — decuffed, hung in correct size spots
Clippers — sprayed clean, blades oiled
11am sign-off — name & time
M T W T F