Medical library
A separate room with a veterinary book collection and a computer workstation, a place for studying the literature and analysing difficult cases.
Library corner: literature and case archiveWhat it is and how it works
The library is a separate back-of-house room, not open to patients: a collection of veterinary textbooks and journals covering the individual specialties, complemented by a computer workstation with access to literature databases and to the practice's imaging archive. We use it when a case calls for checking a protocol, comparing an X-ray or ultrasound image with the published literature, or preparing for an unusual procedure.
What it offers
A difficult case does not depend only on what the veterinarian remembers: there is a place to check, to consult the literature and to make a decision based on current knowledge rather than guesswork.
Access to source literature and the case archive on site shortens the time between a diagnostic doubt and its resolution, without putting off the decision until someone finds the answer at home.
Examinations and procedures where we use this
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