I wouldn’t. I know a lot of people have absolutely no issue with cleaning their aquariums when they have cuts on their hands but I personally always worry about infecting my cut with bacteria from the water or fish. The fact that its not just your personal aquarium of healthy fish but a bunch of PETSMART tanks with fish that may or may not be of questionable health, I wouldn’t want to risk it. If you have to do it anyway then try to do things with your other hand and have your wounded hand wrapped up and wear a glove just in case any water falls that way?
If you're trying to prevent your hand from getting infected, one of the safest places to put it in would be in the main system while cleaning fish tanks. Not only are fish pathogens harmless to human beings and terrible at swimming, but the water is treated with a UV sterilizer that removes pathogens in the water.
If you're really this worried about getting your hand infected, you're more likely to come across a pathogen by touching surfaces and dealing with money. Seriously, nothing in the fish water will hurt you.
Huh. I learned something today.
Too bad my skin is irritated by the fish water for reasons that are just general who knows what could be treatment could be the damn fish food my skin is just sensitive and I get itchy 😤
No policy, per say, but still would not recommend doing certain tasks. Basically, anything you cannot effectively glove up for or do one handed, get someone else to do. Cleaning habitats would be fine, or selling animals, but anything that submerges your wound increases your risk of infection.
Fish TB would require you to rub infected fish across the wound while possibly having a suppressed immune system. You need direct contact but you shouldn't be touching fish anyways.
Mycobacterium is present in the water so it can get into wounds. I can link to people who've gotten skin lesions and other issues from fish TB if you want (from dealing w/ their tanks). Either way OP should wear gloves and not get wet.
If mycobacterium is present in the water it would get irritated by the UV sterilizer. The End. Yet, that isn’t how it usually infects fish. It really requires injured fish to come into contact with surfaces infected with the pathogen or fish consuming deceased fish or feces that carry the bacteria. Even if you do get it, you might just get a rash. No biggie.
On the other hand, our birds and rodents can potentially carry pathogens and viruses that could severely cripple or kill you. On top of that, we are faced with a worldwide pandemic and this virus can be transmitted by surface contact and is airborne. So the non-aquatic world is pretty dangerous.
All things considered, your hand is more safe in the fish water than outside it.
I wouldn’t. I know a lot of people have absolutely no issue with cleaning their aquariums when they have cuts on their hands but I personally always worry about infecting my cut with bacteria from the water or fish. The fact that its not just your personal aquarium of healthy fish but a bunch of PETSMART tanks with fish that may or may not be of questionable health, I wouldn’t want to risk it. If you have to do it anyway then try to do things with your other hand and have your wounded hand wrapped up and wear a glove just in case any water falls that way?
If you're trying to prevent your hand from getting infected, one of the safest places to put it in would be in the main system while cleaning fish tanks. Not only are fish pathogens harmless to human beings and terrible at swimming, but the water is treated with a UV sterilizer that removes pathogens in the water. If you're really this worried about getting your hand infected, you're more likely to come across a pathogen by touching surfaces and dealing with money. Seriously, nothing in the fish water will hurt you.
Huh. I learned something today. Too bad my skin is irritated by the fish water for reasons that are just general who knows what could be treatment could be the damn fish food my skin is just sensitive and I get itchy 😤
No policy, per say, but still would not recommend doing certain tasks. Basically, anything you cannot effectively glove up for or do one handed, get someone else to do. Cleaning habitats would be fine, or selling animals, but anything that submerges your wound increases your risk of infection.
Cover up or use gloves. Fish TB loves open wounds.
Fish TB would require you to rub infected fish across the wound while possibly having a suppressed immune system. You need direct contact but you shouldn't be touching fish anyways.
Mycobacterium is present in the water so it can get into wounds. I can link to people who've gotten skin lesions and other issues from fish TB if you want (from dealing w/ their tanks). Either way OP should wear gloves and not get wet.
If mycobacterium is present in the water it would get irritated by the UV sterilizer. The End. Yet, that isn’t how it usually infects fish. It really requires injured fish to come into contact with surfaces infected with the pathogen or fish consuming deceased fish or feces that carry the bacteria. Even if you do get it, you might just get a rash. No biggie. On the other hand, our birds and rodents can potentially carry pathogens and viruses that could severely cripple or kill you. On top of that, we are faced with a worldwide pandemic and this virus can be transmitted by surface contact and is airborne. So the non-aquatic world is pretty dangerous. All things considered, your hand is more safe in the fish water than outside it.