Advocacy, Policy & Recommendations
Below are links to clinical reports related to hygiene from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Animals
- Clinical Reports
- AAP: Pickering LK, Marano N, Bocchini JA, Angulo FJ, and the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Clinical Report-Exposure to Nontraditional Pets at Home and to Animals in Public Settings: Risks to Children
[PDF - 13 pages]. Pediatrics. 2008;122(4):876-86.
- AAP: Pickering LK, Marano N, Bocchini JA, Angulo FJ, and the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Clinical Report-Exposure to Nontraditional Pets at Home and to Animals in Public Settings: Risks to Children
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