Rabies vaccine shortfall spurs tighter restrictions.(Infectious Diseases)

Family Practice News | September 15, 2008| | Copyright

Health care providers who prescribe postexposure rabies prophylaxis must confer with public health officials and obtain a confirmation code from the state health department before they can order doses of the vaccine because the only rabies vaccine available is in limited supply, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced.

An update on rabies vaccine availability posted on the CDC's Web site on Sept. 4 states that to obtain Imovax rabies vaccine, physicians must first contact a rabies state health official to conduct a risk assessment for the ...

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