Dealing with pets
Author: Maria Yiallouros, Gesche Tallen, MD, PhD, erstellt am: 2009/08/25, English Translation: Hannah McRae, Last modification: 2014/05/20
A patients' contact with pets (for example cats, dogs, birds, sheep) should be limited, because they can often carry pathogens. The recommendations are:
- pets may stay in the family, but new animals should not be obtained
- the animal(s), including birds, should not live in the same room or sleep in the patient's bed
- hand wash after each contact with animals