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The use of rabies immune globulin by emergency physicians.
2004 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A scientist reviews the use of rabies immune globulin by emergency physicians in a recent issue of the Journal of Emergency Medicine.
According to a study from the United States, "We sought to determine the incidence of practice patterns by emergency physicians that are noncompliant with present day World Health Organization recommendations regarding the administration of rabies immune globulin (RIG) in the prophylaxis of rabies. Of the 110 patients receiving RIG for rabies-prone wounds, 46 patients (41.8%; 95% CI 32-51.6%) were felt to have received the immunoglobulin in improper amounts at the bite site. In 43 of these 46 patients (92.8%; 95% CI 81.1-98.3%), there was a physician-written order on the chart directing the RIG be given in the older 50:50 method (one-half at the bite site, one-half elsewhere)."
"Large numbers of patients still receive RIG inappropriately according to World Health Organization guidelines and more recently issued recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices," ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The use of rabies immune globulin by emergency physicians.