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Am J Infect Control
; 44(7): 846-50, 2016 07 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27372389
ABSTRACT
The focus of the patient experience in health care delivery has afforded the opportunity to integrate pet therapy as a part of patient care. The purpose of this article is to present the implementation of a pet therapy program that includes guidelines for the prevention of transmitted infections. Consideration of infection prevention strategies has resulted in a 16-year program with no documented incidences of transmitted infections, averaging 20,000 pet therapy interactions per year.