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I was curious what kind of front door situation your vets have at their clinics or hospitals.
Does the main front door lead right into the waiting room from the street or from outside? Or does your vet have a sort of anteroom prior to entering the actual waiting room -- you know, basically, the front door, then a small room that is closed off before you must open the second door to go into the waiting room.
I wondered because a local vet clinic has their main front door open directly onto the street. There is also no closed door separating the bulk of vet rooms from the waiting room itself nor from the front door. Some months ago they had a dog unfortunately get spooked by a fire drill alarm while it was on its way to a vet-specific room. It broke free from the vet tech and dashed outside through the open front door as a customer and another pet were entering. A terrible fluke; missing dog posters put all over the neighborhood (and I don't know if the young dog was ever found again).
At the cat-only vet I've gone to in the past with my previous cat, they had a glass-walled anteroom between the main front door and the actual waiting room. They also had a closed door separating the waiting room from the maze of vet's rooms inside the clinic.
It's got me thinking about vet office designs... and what you guys have experienced with your own vets' offices.
Does the main front door lead right into the waiting room from the street or from outside? Or does your vet have a sort of anteroom prior to entering the actual waiting room -- you know, basically, the front door, then a small room that is closed off before you must open the second door to go into the waiting room.
I wondered because a local vet clinic has their main front door open directly onto the street. There is also no closed door separating the bulk of vet rooms from the waiting room itself nor from the front door. Some months ago they had a dog unfortunately get spooked by a fire drill alarm while it was on its way to a vet-specific room. It broke free from the vet tech and dashed outside through the open front door as a customer and another pet were entering. A terrible fluke; missing dog posters put all over the neighborhood (and I don't know if the young dog was ever found again).
At the cat-only vet I've gone to in the past with my previous cat, they had a glass-walled anteroom between the main front door and the actual waiting room. They also had a closed door separating the waiting room from the maze of vet's rooms inside the clinic.
It's got me thinking about vet office designs... and what you guys have experienced with your own vets' offices.
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