https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/30596/telemedicine-consults Is it acceptable for a telemedicine consultation to send a swab to a client to swab their dogs ears and send it back to them? Neil en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240975?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:47:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:87316205-3096-4470-9988-588c5d1030dbBob Russell<p>Exactly what many of us fear from the changes coming up. Presumably at the moment they can prescribe as they like??</p> <p>Remote consultations for non-registered clients should have been stamped on at the start.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240970?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:49:53 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:374a8361-e750-4d54-bd2e-8baf2c0a214dNeil Wheadon<p>[quote userid="6550" url="~/001/veterinary-clinical/small-animal/f/misc-clinical-discussions/30596/telemedicine-consults/240967#240967"]Hopefully we will see a lot of this so it can be clamped down on (if it is happening!). It would confirm the concerns expressed regarding remote prescribing.[/quote] <p>Genuine case</p> <p>I read the clinical transcript</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neil</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240967?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:25:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1fc9cb1a-93bd-40d2-b136-5b8b7c800cf4Bob Russell<p>No antibiotic can be prescribed remotely anyway. There have been labs that will process samples sent in by owners for years but a bit pointless without veterinary input.</p> <p>Hopefully we will see a lot of this so it can be clamped down on (if it is happening!). It would confirm the concerns expressed regarding remote prescribing.</p> <p>Cheaper to do a consultation in person and stain up a swab at the time.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240963?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:51:43 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:3d60ba51-2184-4a55-a9f4-a8302b8860f5Rob Loxley<p>[quote userid="8958" url="~/001/veterinary-clinical/small-animal/f/misc-clinical-discussions/30596/telemedicine-consults"]Is it acceptable for a telemedicine consultation to send a swab to a client to swab their dogs ears and send it back to them?[/quote] <p>I think the better question is whether it&#39;s acceptable for a vet to then treat the ears without examining for foreign body, polyp/tumor, mites, intact TM? And of course the dispensation for remote prescribing has long ended, and the new &#39;rules&#39; haven&#39;t yet come in</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/240959?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:29:15 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9c0621b2-a046-4378-9618-59191ebe2054Richard Carter<p><p style="text-align:center;">Suppose if I&rsquo;m on the phone to a client, I might ask for a urine sample but would have thought an ear swab required a bit of expertise?</p> <p>Or is this a non bricks and mortar consult?</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>