Animals in Healthcare Facilities
Key Points
Key Points
Table 1. Selected Diseases Transmitted by Dogs Stratifed by Transmission Route
| Transmission Route | Selected Diseases |
|---|---|
| Direct contact (bites) | Rabies (rabies virus) Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection Pasteurellosis (Pasteurella spp.) Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains Streptococcus spp. infection |
| Direct or indirect contact | Flea bites, mites Fungal infection (Malassezia pachydermatis, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton mentagrophytes) Staphylococcus aureus infection Mites (Cheyletiellidae, Sarcoptidae) |
| Fecal-oral | Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter spp.) Paratyphoid (Salmonella spp.) Giardiasis (Giardia duodenalis) Salmonellosis (Salmonella enterica subsp enterica serotypes) |
| Droplet | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Vector-borne | Ticks (dogs passively carry ticks to humans; disease not transmitted directly from dog to human)
|
Animal-Assisted Activities
...ssisted Activities...
...view of Management of an Animal-Assisted Activiti...
II. Training and Management of Anima...
...irements of Acceptable Animals for Ani...
...ring Animals for VisitsA. Require that every...
...Appropriate Contact Between Animals and Peopl...
...ingA. The facility should develop a sys...
VII. Environmental CleaningA.Practice routine c...
Service Animals
Service Ani...
Situations sometimes arise in which a pat...
...lthcare facility should have a policy regar...
...with disabilities may be requested but n...
...tuations in which a service animal may be exclude...
Research Animals
...rch Animals...
...Review and Approval...
...uling A....
...sportation A....
...rocedures in Patient-Care Areas...
...pment...
.../Waste Disposal...
...ry Procedures...
...III. Zoo Animals...
Personal Pet Visitation
...ersonal Pet Visitati...
...healthcare facility should have a policy regar...
...uld, in general, be prohibited from en...
...tuations where visitation with a pet might be con...
...by a pet is different than animal-associ...
...e of restriction should take into consider...
...facilities that permit a single pet visitation...
...iate site for pet visitation should be selecte...
Other Uses of Animals in Healthcare
...er Uses of Animals in Healthca...
...medicinal leeches are used, they should b...
...in hospitals should not be allowe...
...debridement therapy is used, only...
.... Farm and zoo animal events should n...
Table 2. Summary of Animals in Healthcare Classification and Selected Recommendations
Table 2. Summary of Animals in Healthcare...