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ACMVET503A
Produce veterinary dental oral cavity radiographs
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Issue Date: March 2024
This Unit is specifically designed for nurses who work in a veterinary clinic or hospital, or a specialist or referral veterinary dental clinic/hospital where registered veterinary dental specialists perform advanced veterinary dentistry procedures. Producing veterinary dental oral cavity radiographs requires access to a veterinary clinic/hospital that performs advanced veterinary dentistry, or a specialist or referral veterinary dental clinic/hospital; veterinarians who perform advanced and specialist dental procedures; patients and clients requiring veterinary dental oral cavity radiographs and specialised dental procedures; and the equipment, instruments and resources required to perform all seven veterinary dentistry disciplines.
Candidates must have access to veterinarians who perform advanced dental procedures and are, at a minimum, Members of the Australia and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Veterinary Dental Chapter (MANZCVS).
In addition to legal and ethical responsibilities, all Units of Competency in the ACM10 Animal Care and Management Training Package have the requirement for animals to be handled gently and calmly. The individual is required to exhibit appropriate care for animals so that stress and discomfort is minimised.
This Unit of Competency covers the process of preparing and monitoring patients during radiographic procedures, preparing radiographic equipment, developing radiographs, and recording and storing radiographic results for advanced veterinary dental surgery cases.
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