Parents concerned as more kids test positive for monkeypox

Two Houston schools confirm monkeypox cases, causing parents to be concerned.

HOUSTON – More children are testing positive for monkeypox, leaving some parents concerned for their kids’ safety at school.

IDEA Hardy Charter School in north Houston and Ridge Point High School in Fort Bend County are two of the latest to each confirm a case of monkeypox.

RELATED: Harris County resident with severe illnesses and presumptive positive for monkeypox, passes away

Parents at IDEA Hardy tell FOX 26 there were a lot of vehicles coming and going as moms and dads stopped by, because some say they couldn’t get through by phone after hearing on the news a student at the school has been diagnosed with the rare disease.

“I called here over 10 times. No answer. Called the board. No answer,” says Ronicka Martin, whose four children attend IDEA. 

After arriving at the school, Martin says she was told only parents whose kids are in class with the child that has monkeypox were notified.

MORE: University of Houston explains their plan should Monkeypox cases be reported on campus

According to the state, monkeypox is spread most often through skin-to-skin contact and touching objects, fabrics, or surfaces used by someone with the disease. Those with the disease, often suffer painful symptoms, which can include a blister-type rash.

IDEA released a statement saying, in part, that the school is working closely with Harris County Public Health to identify and offer guidance to anyone who may have been exposed, “IDEA Hardy’s staff conducted a deep cleaning of all spaces.”

Even so, Martin chose to keep her kids home. 

“At this point, I just didn’t feel safe for my kids to come here,” Martin says. 

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Fort Bend ISD released a statement confirming a positive case of monkeypox at Ridge Point High School and says the district has contacted the county health department and “cleaning and disinfecting continues at all FBISD campuses for the prevention of any infectious disease in all schools and facilities … (using) disinfectants proven effective by the Environmental Protection Agency against monkeypox.”  

In its statement, the district added that monkeypox symptoms usually start within three weeks of exposure and that the best way to prevent the virus is to avoid close contact and wash your hands often.

RELATED: 1st Harris County Jail inmate positive for monkeypox, sheriff says

Houston ISD has not had any confirmed cases of monkeypox.

There are nine confirmed cases of children with monkeypox in Texas out of a total 1,598 people in the state who have tested positive. While that’s the statewide total, in the Houston region, including several surrounding counties, there are 661 confirmed cases of monkeypox.

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Syracuse Director of Code Enforcement Jake Dishaw said a window or fan and proper cleaning can help prevent mold from growing in a steamy bathroom. It was one of the many tips he provided at the Healthy Housing 101 Open House held on Baker Avenue in the city.

“We’re in our identified high-risk area for lead paint enforcement,” Dishaw said. “Healthy Housing 101 is all about awareness and education for neighbors, tenants, constituents, neighborhood groups, teaching everybody what to look out for and how to maintain a healthy home.”

People were able to take a guided tour through a home with open code violations to learn about the issues, how to fix them and who is responsible for them.

What You Need To Know

• The Syracuse Division of Code Enforcement hosted a Healthy Housing 101 Open House on Tuesday
• City residents had the chance to tour a house with open code violations, learn about the issues and how to prevent them
• The Syracuse director of code enforcement encourages residents to reach out if they suspect an issue with their property

“We’re gonna talk about window components, window sills, window troughs, what to look for, chipping and peeling paint,” Dishaw said of the issue of lead in homes.

Another big issue is smoke detectors.

Dishaw said smoke detectors must be in every bedroom, located outside of every bedroom and on every level of a home.

“Some tenants we talk to will say, ‘Well, I only pay a few hundred dollars a month in rent, so I didn’t know I could complain about this.’ Everybody deserves a safe and healthy home, no matter if you own, rent, no matter your income level, education level. So that’s another thing that we’re trying to educate people on,” he said.

Nicole Broadnax of Syracuse said the tour was insightful.

“I’m looking to own my own home in the future so I need to know everything that there is to know about what could wrong in your home and all the different things,” said Broadnax. “There’s a lot of different things…it might very small, an outlet going up in flames from the blow dryer, anything of that nature that you want to be aware of.”

Dishaw said it’s also important to keep a property cleaned and maintained so rodents don’t come in, as they can cause more issues. He said residents who are tenants can ask codes enforcement to come and look at a potential lead hazard.

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One-third of Pakistan has been engulfed by historic flooding.

Officials estimate that 33 million Pakistanis – one in seven – have been affected by the climate-driven catastrophe, which has claimed the lives of at least 1,136 people since the “monster” monsoon began in June.

Pakistan is dealing with “climate blow upon climate blow,” says Arif Jabbar Khan, country director of WaterAid, noting the country faced scorching heatwaves earlier this year.

“It’s all one big ocean, there’s no dry land to pump the water out,” climate minister Sherry Rehman told AFP. “Literally, one-third of Pakistan is underwater right now, which has exceeded every boundary, every norm we’ve seen in the past.”

The UN has today launched an appeal for $160 million (€159.6 million) to help Pakistan cope with the catastrophic floods which have wiped out homes, roads and crops, causing more than $100 billion worth of damage, according to the government’s early estimates.

“The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids – the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding,” says UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

With the South Asian country responsible for less than 1 per cent of global emissions – compared to the US’s 13 per cent – the devastating images and reports from Pakistan are a stark record of climate injustice, prompting calls for far greater action from historic emitters to provide immediate aid as well as climate finance.

Pakistan floods: Is climate change to blame?

Pakistan is used to monsoons and downpours, but this year is anything but usual. The rain is running at more than 780 per cent above average levels, explains Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and a member of Pakistan’s Climate Change Council.

People usually have some respite from the skies. “Neither is it so prolonged,” says Rehman, “It’s been eight weeks and we are told we might see another downpour in September.”

Global warming is making rainfall more intense as warmer air holds more moisture, overburdening mighty rivers like the Indus. 

And Pakistan is being hit with another source of flash flooding: extreme heat is speeding up the melting of Himalayan glaciers, sending the floodwater from burst glacial lakes cascading into the country.

Extreme weather patterns are clearly becoming more frequent in the region, says Suleri, making Pakistan the eighth most vulnerable country to climate change worldwide according to the Global Climate Risk Index.

But while scientists agree that the deadly floods are “being juiced by climate change,” as Massachusetts-based Jennifer Francis puts it, researchers need a few more weeks to calculate its exact role.

How Pakistan’s poor infrastructure has made the floods worse

Not all of the problem is climate change, however.

Pakistan saw similar flooding and devastation in 2010 that killed nearly 2,000 people. But the government didn’t implement flood prevention plans by banning construction and home building in flood prone areas and river beds, said Suleri.

Disappearing river banks have imperiled many lives. “You can’t predict when they are going to fail, and people living in an area where they think they’re protected might not expect that they need to evacuate,” Dr Liz Stephens, associate professor of climate risks and resilience at the UK’s University of Reading told the Guardian.

Deforestation could also have increased the speed of rain runoff in places, Stephens added.

Aid agencies issue urgent plea for Pakistan

Alongside the UN’s flash appeal, a number of aid organisations have issued pleas for help from inside Pakistan.

“I’ve seen how whole villages have been swept away and submerged,” says Islamic Relief Worldwide CEO Waseem Ahmad, overseeing relief efforts in the country’s northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).

“I’ve met so many families who fled for their lives just minutes before the floods arrived and they have lost absolutely everything they owned – their homes are destroyed, their livestock are dead and their crops are ruined.

Thousands of families are lining the sides of the main roads, he says, congregating on higher ground in the hope of receiving aid in the form of food, tents, cash and hygiene kits.

WaterAid is also on the ground, having allocated PKR 30 million (more than €136,000) for initial emergency relief which will go towards disinfecting drinking water sources, building temporary toilets in schools and camps and helping clear the flood water.

“It is clear that this is a massive humanitarian and climate emergency. Children are always the worst affected,” adds Save the Children’s Pakistan country director Khuram Gondal.

One third of those killed in the floods are believed to be children, Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said.

Calls for urgent humanitarian aid have been combined with powerful messages on the need for greater climate action.

“As we continue to see more and more extreme weather events around the world, it is outrageous that climate action is being put on the back burner as global emissions of greenhouse gases are still rising, putting all of us – everywhere – in growing danger,” Guterres said via video message.

“Let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change.

Today, it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country.”

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Xiaomi has taken everything related to air quality in our homes or workplace very seriously, and just a few weeks after the Smart Air Purifier 4 Compact arrived in Spain, the company has launched another purifier in China plus.

Although here that of ‘Compact’ is not seen anywhere. This new (and great) Xiaomi air purifier has an extra function: to disinfect the air that surrounds it, and It greatly improves the design of its predecessors.

Xiaomi Mijia Disinfection Air Purifier: there is no purer air

This new air purifier has been launched in a patronage campaign by Xiaomi and is capable of purifying the air with ultraviolet light and disinfecting it thanks to a triple disinfection technology using plasma.

This plasma uses positive and negative ions to neutralize the bacteria in the environment, and the ultraviolet light that is constantly emitted supports the more secondary contamination that may have remained inside. Filters last between 6 and 12 months and they are very easy to change.

As for its design, being made of a metal-like textureThey will look great anywhere in the house. But beware, this air purifier is not small: measures 73 centimeters high, has a diameter of 31 centimeters and weighs 6.5 kg. Yes, it is capable of purify and disinfect an area between 42 and 72 square metersso it’s worth making a hole at home.

It has a small OLED screen with touch buttons where the status of the air is shown, and it is capable of reducing noise to only 33.5dB, the equivalent of the sound emitted by a refrigerator. In addition, it can be controlled from the mobile so that it begins to purify the air before arriving home or schedule it according to our schedules.

The Xiaomi Mijia Disinfection Air Purifier is currently in a crowdfunding campaign and It has a price of 310 euros to changealthough at the moment we do not know anything about whether or not it will arrive in Spain.

Source | XiaomiToday

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MPA Singapore published a new circular, updating the easing of COVID-19 restrictions for vessels in the Port of Singapore.

Contactless Operations

Owners, agents and masters of vessels are strongly encouraged to conduct all port operations (e.g. cargo operations, bunkering, ship’s supplies and stores, and other marine services) are carried out contactless or contactless with segregation protocol.

In circumstance where a contactless operation is required, no person is to board the visiting vessel except MPA-licensed harbour pilots, authorised government officers, and persons approved by the Port Master.

Parties involved in a contactless operation must minimally ensure the following:

• Communicate and/or send documents by telephone text message or email.
• If items must be transferred from one vessel to another (e.g. securing of mooring, ship supplies; certain documents like bunker delivery note etc), disinfect these items and equipment thoroughly before and after the transfer.

For transferring of supplies, the owner, master and/or agent of visiting vessels and the services provider involved must ensure the following:

• The supply boat’s crew must not board the visiting vessel;
• Disinfect equipment used for the transfer of supplies thoroughly before and after the transfer;
• Communicate and/or send documents by telephone text message or email.

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Contactless Operations with Segregation Protocol

If it is necessary for shore-based personnel to board the vessel, segregation protocol should be in place to minimise interactions between the vessel’s crew and shore-based personnel. Examples of contactless operations with segregation protocols are bunkering, cargo operations and tank cleaning. Owners, agents and masters of vessels are required to work with the destination terminals to agree on the segregation protocol before the operations commence.

Parties involved in a contactless operation with segregation protocol should ensure the following:

• Communicate and/or send documents by telephone text or email.
• If items are to be transferred from one vessel to another (e.g. securing of mooring, ship supplies etc), disinfect the items and equipment used for the transfer, before and after the transfer;
• Vessel’s crew to remain in crew accommodation except to keep gangway watch or to carry out essential activities such as tending to mooring ropes;
• If vessel’s crew are required to go on deck, their movements are to be restricted to the seaward side of the deck.

What is more, all non-fully vaccinated crew arriving in Singapore from 28 August 2022, 2359 hours will no longer be required to undergo a 7-day Stay Home Notice (SHN) prior to departing for Singapore.

Seafarers will continue to be required to take a pre-departure test within 2 days before departure for Singapore, as well as carry a valid travel insurance for non-fully vaccinated Short-Term Visitors (STVs).

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The D.C. Circuit has ruled that it cannot force the federal government to quickly and permanently enact a proposed rule to protect healthcare workers against COVID-19, after a group of unions filed a petition asking it to do so.

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration in June 2021 enacted a temporary version of an emergency temporary standard. The standard required healthcare employers, including long-term care operators, to conduct hazard assessments and have written plans to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, among other measures. But the agency has since pulled back on enforcement, withdrawing the “non-recordkeeping” portions of this standard in December, as it continued to work on creating a permanent rule.

National Nurses United, the AFL-CIO and other unions filed an emergency petition on Jan. 5, asking the appeals court to order OSHA to issue a permanent rule within 30 days and to enforce its temporary version in the meantime.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ruled that it could not order OSHA to create a permanent standard, Bloomberg Law reported. “OSHA has no clear duty to issue a permanent standard, so we cannot compel the agency to do so,” the judges said.

The court also pushed back on the unions’ request that OSHA act faster.

“OSHA’s determination of whether, when and how vigorously to enforce a particular standard is committed to the agency’s discretion and not subject to judicial review,” the court said.

OSHA officials have said that a permanent standard will come by September or October, according to Bloomberg Law.

A breather for senior living?

The decision could give the senior living industry more time to push back against some of OSHA’s plans. Industry advocates have expressed their displeasure with the proposed rule, calling it “overly prescriptive,” with the potential to create confusion. 

Senior living and care advocates have called for the standard to include broader requirements and flexibility to respond to changing circumstances. OSHA should defer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on public health issues, wrote LeadingAge Vice President of Legal Affairs and Social Accountability Cory Kallheim in remarks to the Labor Department agency in April.

In addition to risk assessment and planning requirements, the temporary standard calls on healthcare employers to provide some employees with N95 respirators and other personal protective equipment, and includes protocols for social distancing, employee screening, and cleaning and disinfecting.

“Sufficient guidance and regulations” already exist through the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and existing OSHA tools to enforce workplace safety are adequate to address pandemic concerns, Kallheim said. 

National Nurses United, meanwhile, said it was disappointed with the D.C. Circuit’s decision.

“[W]e will not relent in our efforts to ensure that nurses and all other healthcare workers have the occupational health and safety protections they need to stay safe during the ongoing pandemic,” President Jean Ross, RN, said. “We urge OSHA to issue its promised permanent COVID standard for health care workers as soon as possible.”

Others joining the suit included unions representing nurses in New York and Pennsylvania.

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The city of Jackson, Mississippi, was without a reliable water supply Monday after rain and flooding pushed the Pearl River to dangerous levels, officials said.

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba declared a water system emergency Monday evening because of complications from the Pearl River flooding. He said issues at the O.B. Curtis Water Plant resulted in low or no water pressure for many residents.

“The water shortage is likely to last the next couple of days,” the city said in a statement.

Jackson, the state’s capital and largest city, had water problems even before the rain that prompted fears of floods from the Pearl River.

The city has been under a boil-water notice since last month because tests found a cloudy quality to city-supplied water that could hinder the disinfection process and lead to illness.

Gov. Tate Reeves said at a news conference Monday night that the city’s water system was unable to produce enough water.

“Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,” Reeves said. “It means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires, to reliably flush toilets and to meet other critical needs.”

Flooding in Jackson, a city of around 153,000, was less severe than had been feared after the state got record rainfall, officials said.

The Pearl River was forecast to remain at a little over 35 feet but begin a slow decrease Monday night, the National Weather Service said.

“The good news is, is that the water levels came in lower than projected,” Lumumba said at a briefing earlier Monday, adding that at the time it was believed that water had entered only one home.

But river water coming into what he said was an already “very fragile water treatment facility” meant it needed to be treated differently and resulted in a reduction in water going out into the system, he said.

“This is a citywide challenge that they are working to recover from,” Lumumba said.

Reeves said there would be state emergency declarations in addition to the city’s.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency would distribute water to residents, and the state would also be in charge of an effort to start emergency repairs and maintenance to get the water flowing again, Reeves said.

State Health Officer Daniel Edney said at a news conference: “The water is not safe to drink. I’d even say it’s not safe to brush your teeth with — because we are not seeing adequate chlorination and an inability to consistently disinfect the water.”

Residents should fully boil water for at least three minutes, he said.

Reeves said that the city’s main water treatment facility had been “operating with zero redundancies,” or backup systems, and that its main pumps had recently been damaged.

Jackson Public Schools said that all classes would shift to virtual learning and that there would be no in-person instruction starting Tuesday because of the water shortage.

Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.

The Associated Press contributed.

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The recent outbreak of monkeypox infection in numerous non-endemic countries has led to over 48,000 infections to date. In light of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the threat posed by the rapid increase in monkeypox cases has been alarming.

The mode of transmission of the monkeypox virus has been under scrutiny, as most cases in the current outbreak have almost exclusively been detected among men who have sex with men (MSM).

A recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report conducted by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes how the monkeypox virus spreads on household surfaces.

Study: High-Contact Object and Surface Contamination in a Household of Persons with Monkeypox Virus Infection — Utah, June 2022. Image Credit: ml_photo / Shutterstock.com

Introduction

The monkeypox virus is a member of the Orthopoxvirus family and is related to the smallpox virus.

Typically, this virus spreads through direct personal contact with an infected individual, animal, or fomites contaminated with respiratory, sexual, or other bodily secretions. Some potential sources of fomite contaminants could include bedding, clothing, and other items used by infected individuals.

About the study

The current study is based on the investigation of a home shared by two monkeypox cases in Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States.

The two patients were confirmed to have monkeypox infection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Both had a history of travel and had no other housemates.

Both patients experienced prodromal symptoms of fatigue and muscle aches, with Patient B experiencing these symptoms eight days following the illness onset of Patient A. Patient A also developed penile lesions eight days following the initial symptoms, which later progressed over the lips, hands, legs, torso, and scalp two days later.

In Patient B, lesions first appeared on the foot and subsequently spread to the leg and finger. Both patients had a limited number of lesions that resembled ulcers, pimples, or the typical centrally pitted well-defined lesions.

Both patients isolated at home for 20 days. The illness resolved spontaneously within three to four weeks in both cases.

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services (UDHHS) conducted a thorough investigation of their home, wherein they swabbed multiple surfaces and objects that were identified as being frequently touched. The researchers also inquired about the methods used to clean and disinfect the home, as well as which parts of the home were used heavily during the period of illness.

A total of 30 objects from nine areas of the home were sampled and shipped to the CDC for testing. At the CDC, these samples were tested using PCR for the presence of both broad non-smallpox Orthopoxvirus and specific West African monkeypox viruses. If the samples tested positive by PCR, they were sent for virus culture.

Study findings

The patients said that they took one or two showers a day, washed or sanitized their hands about 10 times a day, as well as washed bed linens and clothing once a week. They reported cleaning surfaces and mopping floors using a cleaning spray that was not listed as a disinfectant suitable for use against emerging viral pathogens. 

Of the 30 samples, 70% were PCR-positive. More specifically, 100% of positive samples were from porous items like cloth, about 70% from non-porous surfaces, and 50% from objects with both types of surfaces. This indicates a high level of contamination of the household environment.

Culturable virus was not obtained from any sample. This apparent viral inactivation suggests that the virus becomes non-viable, either over time or following exposure to environmental or chemical disinfectant factors, especially because the patients reported cleaning and disinfection of surfaces within the home.

Implications

The small size of the current study limits the broad generalizability of the findings. However, it appears that indirect transmission of monkeypox virus in the household environment through fomites is unlikely or, at best, uncommon.

Nevertheless, a greater number of participants would be needed to further investigate the infective potential of environmental surfaces in contact with monkeypox patients.

“[Until such studies are available], appropriate precautions against indirect exposure and transmission [including] wearing a well-fitting mask, avoiding touching possibly contaminated surfaces, maintaining appropriate hand hygiene, avoiding sharing eating utensils, clothing, bedding, or towels, and following home disinfection recommendations.”

Journal reference:

• Pfeiffer, J. A., Collingwood, A., Rider, L. E., et al. (2022). High-Contact Object and Surface Contamination in a Household of Persons with Monkeypox Virus Infection — Utah, June 2022. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Early Release. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm7134e1.

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Once surface dirt and stubborn stains have been dealt with, it is time to tackle the meat of the problem, refreshing your bath mat with an overall clean that removes any chance of mildew and bacteria building up in or underneath the bathmat. There are several ways of doing this. The easiest is to put the bathmat in the washing machine — according to Oh So Spotless, hand-wash-only rugs are a rarity these days. However, it is important to ensure that your bath mat can handle the products and techniques you plan to use, so read the label on both the mat and the products!

According to Cleanipedia, the key to eliminating bacteria and mildew from fabric bath mats is washing them using the highest-temperature setting the fabric is comfortable with to sterilize them. If you are having persistent problems with infestations of this kind, adding ½ cup of Borax to your load next time you wash your bath mat will help with disinfection, according to Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry.

High temperatures and alkaline environments are excellent at killing unwanted bacteria or mold, but not all fabrics can take that kind of treatment. According to Love to Know, if your bath mat is made from natural fibers — wool, bamboo, or jute, for example — then it is probably better to hand wash them. Just take extra care to use products that will disinfect thoroughly as the temperatures will be lower than using a machine.

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MISSION, KS / ACCESSWIRE / August 29, 2022 / (Family Features) From wagging tails popping into virtual work calls to cuddle breaks between tasks, many pet parents have gotten used to the joys of working at home with their furry best friends.

As businesses welcome employees back to their offices, the demand for pets and their pet parents to be together at work grows. In fact, according to a survey from the CESAR® brand, pet parents believe dogs at work can boost happiness (58%) and relieve anxiety or stress (57%). Additionally, more than half of dog owners feel bringing their dogs to work would encourage them to take breaks (55%) and foster more social interaction in the workplace (52%).

To help make this togetherness a reality, CESAR Canine Cuisine introduced its CESAR® HIRE MY DOG™ program to inspire pet parents to advocate for pet-friendly workplaces. Leveraging the expertise of Mars Petcare’s BETTER CITIES FOR PETS™ program and its PETS WORK AT WORK™ toolkit, the program provides pet parents and employers with resources to guide offices in going pet-friendly.

The brand also partnered with organizational duo Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin of The Home Edit – and their pups Indie, Emmett and Mabel – to share tips to organize pet-friendly workplaces in functional and stylized ways.

Consider these tips to help make your workplace pet-friendly, and find more information at CESARHireMyDog.com.

Photo courtesy of Hall + Merrick Photographers

Leash Attachments

To ensure pet parents can comfortably and responsibly enjoy time with their dogs at the office, leash hooks should be added to desks and collaborative spaces where pets might visit. This allows pet parents to work handsfree while knowing their furry companions are safe by their sides. Offices should also consider a color-coded leash system where green leashes, for example, can indicate dogs are friendly and ready to play while yellow leashes can mean dogs are shy and their pet parent should be consulted before approaching.

Photo courtesy of John Shearer

Organized Essentials

Shearer and Teplin recommend organizing single-serve meals for office dogs by flavor and color in clear bins so pet parents can easily grab what they need. For dry dog food and treats, clear containers can make it easy to spot when supply is running low.

Photo courtesy of John Shearer

Dog Zone

Shearer and Teplin suggest designating a dog zone in a common area for toys, potty supplies, brushes and more. Store each category of items in baskets with labels so employees can clearly find what they are looking for.

Photo courtesy of John Shearer

Cleaning Supplies

Keep offices with pups neat and tidy by keeping a cleanup caddy under the sink with items such as carpet cleaners, disinfecting sprays and paper towels to quickly clean up any messes. Just make sure cleaning supplies are not accessible to pets.

Photo courtesy of Daniel Christopher Photo

Water Bowls

Station water bowls by desks, in conference rooms and anywhere pups might visit to help make sure they stay hydrated.

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock

Dog Beds

Give four-legged friends a comfortable place to rest, have a quick treat or play with their toys by having dog beds wherever pet parents are working. Having a spot to call their own can help dogs relax and adapt to the office environment.

Photo courtesy of Daniel Christopher Photo

Durable Furniture and Floors

Durable fabrics and floor types allow for easy-to-clean spaces in case of accidents. Pet parents can worry less about potential messes, knowing surfaces can be wiped clean and sanitized.

Photo courtesy of Hall + Merrick Photographers

Outdoor Spaces

Have designated outdoor space for office pets to do their “business.” To ensure quick cleanup and help keep the area tidy for others, include waste stations with plastic bags. The outdoor space can also be a place for dogs to make friends and give pet parents a break to socialize with colleagues.

Photo courtesy of Hall + Merrick Photographers (office, outside of office building), John Shearer (women in kitchen, women in doorway, cleaning supplies), Daniel Christopher Photo (dog eating, white dog on leash), Adobe Stock (white dog laying on pillow)

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