The seeing-eye dog: an infection risk in hospital?
Because an increasing number of blind people are using guide dogs, hospital administrators may receive more frequent requests to allow a guide dog to accompany its blind owner during visit with a hospital patient. This article considers the risks and problems for all concerned if seeing-eye dogs are permitted in hospitals, and proposes a reasonable set of guidelines for hospital personnel to apply when considering these requests.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D014789:Visitors to Patients; D015047:Zoonoses