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Shelters & Rescues

Today the number of animals you can help is limited by:

  • The medical and logistical burden of managing infectious cases

  • Resource-heavy sanitation practices that divert staff and funds

  • Intake pauses or shutdowns triggered by disease outbreaks

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Protect your animals and your donor dollars

Your mission to help animals relies on stretching your donor dollars as far as possible, to help as many animals as you can.  The costs of caring for a healthy animal already totals hundreds of dollars per resident stay.  In order to get animals into forever homes as quickly as possible, protecting health and minimizing infections is key.  Even healthy animals in your care may be at a greater risk of infection due to their overall health, weight, and level of stress, and when infections come in with animals, the potential costs go from hundreds to thousands.  Sadly, all too often animals are coming into your care due to some form of issue or neglect, which means managing cross-infection and zoonotic risk is part of the everyday work for shelters and rescues.
 

At the same time, resources are scarce, a lot of care provision relies on volunteers, who may be short-term placements, inexperienced, and working independently, and so processes need to be simple to communicate and follow, for adherence to be maintained.  The opportunity for human error is significant, risking harm to both the animals and your volunteers.  
 

Proper sanitization protects the animals, your staff and volunteers. The SaniChest keeps sanitization simple, easy, and chemical free.  No risk that chemical disinfectants are incorrectly used, might irritate animals or staff, or that chemical residues undermine animal health.  You want to give your animals the best in care, and feel confident that they are being given the best chance to be healthy and find a new home.

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Where the SaniChest Helps Prevent
Cross-Contamination

  • Litter scoops transferring panleukopenia viral particles.

  • Reusable enrichment toys spreading respiratory viruses.

  • Food and water bowls contaminated between stray intakes.

  • Cat handling gloves transferring ringworm between intakes.

  • Personal effects such as phones, jewelry and watches that may come into contact with animals.

Equipment that SaniChest can sanitize:

Quantifying the Risk

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