Pets in acute services

[Anonymous]

Hello Brains trust,
Wondering if anyone has procedures re having pets in an acute area. We recently were palliating a patient who requesting to have their dog visit. I am interested to hear what other services have experienced and how they dealt with the request.
Cheers,

Kelly

Kelly Barton
Infection Prevention & Control Officer
Monday- Friday.
Staff Immunisation Clinics:
1000-1400, 4th Monday of the Month -Mount Beauty
1000-1400, 4th Tuesday of the Month – Bright
1000-1400, 4th Wednesday of the Month – Myrtleford.
Please book an appointment with main reception at the hospital.

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[Lincoln Fowler]

Hi Kelly
ACIPC has a position statement on this so check it out on the website and see if it helps.
Cheers

Lincoln Fowler
Infection Prevention Consultant

Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
http://www.brhs.com.au

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Hello Brains trust,
Wondering if anyone has procedures re having pets in an acute area. We recently were palliating a patient who requesting to have their dog visit. I am interested to hear what other services have experienced and how they dealt with the request.
Cheers,

Kelly

Kelly Barton
Infection Prevention & Control Officer
Monday- Friday.
Staff Immunisation Clinics:
1000-1400, 4th Monday of the Month -Mount Beauty
1000-1400, 4th Tuesday of the Month – Bright
1000-1400, 4th Wednesday of the Month – Myrtleford.
Please book an appointment with main reception at the hospital.

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30 O’Donnell Ave
Myrtleford, 3737.

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http://www.alpinehealth.org.au
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[Canning, Maureen]

Hi Kelly, we have had a Pet Visiting and Pet Therapy policy for a number of years which is based on the ACIPC position statement plus specific therapy dog guidelines. We recently had to update for some specific OH&S risks following a couple of incidents at one of our subacute sites. If you want to email me offline I am happy to share it with you or if you are on Prompt you can access a number of different organisations policies or guidelines including Peninsula Health’s.

Kind regards
Maureen
mcanning@phcn.vic.gov.au

Hello Brains trust,
Wondering if anyone has procedures re having pets in an acute area. We recently were palliating a patient who requesting to have their dog visit. I am interested to hear what other services have experienced and how they dealt with the request.
Cheers,

Kelly

Kelly Barton
Infection Prevention & Control Officer
Monday- Friday.
Staff Immunisation Clinics:
1000-1400, 4th Monday of the Month -Mount Beauty
1000-1400, 4th Tuesday of the Month – Bright
1000-1400, 4th Wednesday of the Month – Myrtleford.
Please book an appointment with main reception at the hospital.

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Myrtleford, 3737.

Alpine Health, 30 O’Donnell Av, Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia, 3737 | ph (administration): 03 5751 9300 | fax (administration): 03 5751 9396 |
http://www.alpinehealth.org.au
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[Ryan, Lindy]

Hello Kelly

NSW has a set of guidelines that you may find useful as a baseline/ reference point too

Good luck – being an animal/dog lover myself I think it useful to have some guidelines/ framework that can allow us to be emphatic in meeting the needs of our precious patients but still respect the needs of others similarly also within the same setting (ie be kind, practical and keep everyone safe and happy) !! not always easy – but I have found the attached useful myself as an ICP being asked the same question around much loved pets

Kind regards

Lindy

Lindy Ryan

Infection prevention & Control Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) | Coffs Harbour Health Campus
Pacific Hwy Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
Tel (02) 6656 7770 | lindy.ryan@ncahs.health.nsw.gov.au
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au

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Hi Kelly
ACIPC has a position statement on this so check it out on the website and see if it helps.
Cheers

Lincoln Fowler
Infection Prevention Consultant

Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
http://www.brhs.com.au

Think Green, read it from the screen.

Bairnsdale Regional Health Service acknowledges the Gunaikurnai people as the traditional owners of the land on which the health service is located.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the lands. We pay our respects to elders both past and present and thank them for their contribution to the health service.

This communication is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. Information contained in this communication may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, distribution, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy it and send a reply message to the author.

Hello Brains trust,
Wondering if anyone has procedures re having pets in an acute area. We recently were palliating a patient who requesting to have their dog visit. I am interested to hear what other services have experienced and how they dealt with the request.
Cheers,

Kelly

Kelly Barton
Infection Prevention & Control Officer
Monday- Friday.
Staff Immunisation Clinics:
1000-1400, 4th Monday of the Month -Mount Beauty
1000-1400, 4th Tuesday of the Month – Bright
1000-1400, 4th Wednesday of the Month – Myrtleford.
Please book an appointment with main reception at the hospital.

[vaccination pear]
P Reduce, re-use, recycle. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

[Description: Alpine Health Logo 1]
30 O’Donnell Ave
Myrtleford, 3737.

Alpine Health, 30 O’Donnell Av, Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia, 3737 | ph (administration): 03 5751 9300 | fax (administration): 03 5751 9396 |
http://www.alpinehealth.org.au
________________________________
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