When kids head to a doctor’s office, it’s usually not fun, especially if they’re sick. Often doctors will help ease the pain with some waiting room toys. But with the onset of flu season ...

Usually the first thing kids do at the doctor’s office is head for the toys, but that could be a thing of the past. More and more practices are removing books and toys from waiting rooms.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is urging doctors to take steps to ... try to limit what they touch in the office, especially the waiting room. Staff clean furniture, books and items ...

Background: Toys in pediatric office waiting rooms may be fomites ... In addition, 15 samples were obtained from the sick waiting room before and after cleaning. Polymerase chain reaction was ...