any disease can be brought back except ones that are bite transmitted

make sure you clean your hands with strong cleaner

your shoes and clothes can bring fleas carrying the diseases in

What I always did was have a set of clothes to work at the shelter I wore a
jump suit over them. I left the clothes at the shelter where the shelter
washed them for me. I wore booties and medical gloves and masks when
working around sick animals

I changed my clothes before I got home and threw them in the washer as soon
as I walked in the door and used tide with bleach to clean them, My shoes I
sprayed with an aerosol flea and tick killer and left them outside for a
little bit till they dried

Make sure all your animals have all their vaccinations plus flea, tick
medications regularly and make sure you don't start working there till the
waiting period is up but from what I read that is too late

I am making it sound bad but my furballs are my children and I am extremely
cautious when it comes to them got rid of two wives for them. I treated
working at one like working at chemical testing site

And of course the shelter won't tell you it would be a liability if they did

What medical articles no offense it should be common sense just look at a
hospital you go in healthy with something simple and can come out sick with
a secondary infection

"Max Pfleger" wrote in message
g.com...
My wife volunteers to help with the cats at a large animal shelter. We
have a cat and toy poodle at home.

What are the risks of her bringing a disease home from the shelter and
infecting one of our pets? Which diseases should we be particularly
worried about? What precautions should we take?

Any help would be appreciated. We have tried to get this information
from the shelter numerous times, but have not gotten any info at all so
far. She is knee deep in sick cats and their fluids for hours each day,
so we are quite concerned.

Pointers to any reputable medical articles would also be great.