Safe Living After Transplant: Animal & Pet Safety • Wait to acquire new pets until after immunosuppressive regimens have stabilized (6-12 months post-transplant without recent suppression for graft rejection) • Take the pet regularly to the veterinarian for checkups • If a live attenuated vaccine for B.bronchiseptica (kennel cough) is given, advisable to not have the transplant recipient hold dog during vaccination to avoid direct contact with vaccine • Ideally, the recipient would avoid cleaning bird cages, bird feeders, litter boxes, handling animal feces, aquariums. If that's not possible, the recipient should use gloves & a mask when cleaning • Cat litter boxes should be cleaned every day • Avoid feeding cat raw or undercooked meat to decrease risk of shedding infectious organisms in stool By Dr. Hawra Al-Lawati @hawraallawati via Febrile @febrilepodcast #pets #handling #animals #transplant #patientinfo #txid #prevention #PetSafety
