Podiatrist's dog sits with patients

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The Watertown Daily Times is reporting:
Podiatrist's poodle sits with patients, visits nursing homes

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This is why I love Podiatry Arena! Where else do we get stories like this!

I see Newsbot has filed this story under the Infection Control tag. I guess that this says it all.

 

Lends weight to the hypothesis that all podiatrists are completely barking!

 

What annoys me is Nursing home staff and management who cringe at the odd toenail or callus on the ground, yet they let a flea bitten cat sit on the dining tables ......Yuk.

 

Maybe this thread is not so quirky! I have been told I could apply for a hearing dog but have held back as it would have to go to work with me but have held back due to infection control. But I read an article read an article by Hearing Dogs for the Deaf of a nurse taking their dog into the practice, the dog sat quietly in the corner while the nurse was treating patients.

Have you any thoughts on this?

jude

 

http://www.petsastherapy.org/

 

I personally don't have a problem with this as I have never caught anything off a dog or a cat but plenty of infections from humans! (However, I am sure the HPC would have something to say about introducing animals into a podiatry surgery!)
The exception would be during invasive procedures where full aseptic precautions are required.
The physio at a local NHS clinic, who is blind, takes his guide dog to work with him. It sleeps on a large bean bag at the corner of the clinic and snores gently.
When I see signs that say "no dogs except guide dogs" I chuckle. Are guide-dogs taught to wipe their paws, or are considered less of an infection risk than other canines?
Dido

 

LOL. I had to read this a couple of times to figure out if the dog was sitting on the patient's lap or the podiatrists. What if the patient's had a fear of dogs? I guess they'd go somewhere else. I would if i were a patient. i dont like dog hair on my clothes at the best of times, let alone after a trip to see a health professional.

 

Dido good idea is to get the HPC's and SOCAP's opinion as a starting block. I think there is a lot to consider before I go up this road but life is difficult, frustrating and tiring when you don't hear a knock at the door, doorbell or the phone ring, certain sounds are more difficult than others.

I do have two guide-dogs that regularly come into the surgery and I think it would be discrimination to refuse them access and hearing dogs do come under the same umbrella.

jude