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Vaccine update: issue 282, August 2018, rabies special edition

Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 13 August 2018

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Vaccine update: issue 282, August 2018, rabies special edition

Ref: PHE gateway number 2018320

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Details

This rabies special edition features:

• changes to rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis
• information on rabies risk from animal bites abroad
• administration of rabies immunoglobulin
• advice on how to manage a patient with a bat bite
• rabies prevention for immunosuppressed patients
• Rabies and Immunoglobulin Service (RIgS)
• RIgS contact details for use by health professionals

Published 13 August 2018