Adherence to guideline recommendations for human rabies immune globulin patient selection, dosing, timing, and anatomical site of administration in rabies postexposure prophylaxis.

ABSTRACT: Rabies is a fatal disease that mandates proper prophylaxis after a rabies virus exposure to prevent death. This study evaluated adherence to Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for rabies immune globulin (IG) patient selection, dosing, timing of administration, and anatomical site of administration for rabies postexposure prophylaxis. This retrospective, cross-sectional study included patients who received at least one dose of rabies IG or rabies vaccine at a multi-hospital health system from January 2015 through June 2018. This study included 246 patients, and all of them received at least one dose of rabies vaccine. Two patients had a history of rabies vaccination, did not have an indication for rabies IG, and appropriately did not receive additional rabies IG

SUBMITTER: Hwang GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012082 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature