[Imogam rage prescription assessment in the rabies prophylaxis center of Poitiers]. / Evaluation de la pertinence de la prescription d'Imogam rage au centre antirabique de Poitiers.
Med Mal Infect
; 37(2): 108-11, 2007 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-17254729
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Imogam rage (IgR) prescriptions were assessed in the rabies prophylaxis centre of Poitiers (France). MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
All medical records closed between January 1 and June 1, 2005 were retrospectively analyzed. An infectious disease specialist examined the pertinence of IgR prescription according to WHO references adapted to the epidemiological situation by the Pasteur Institute French rabies center. The indicator used was the proportion of patients treated by IgR among all patients treated by vaccination or vaccination with IgR.RESULTS:
During the study period, 69 medical records have bewereen analyzed 48 (70%) patients were treated including 22 (46%) with IgR. Imogam rage indication was not appropriate for 21 (95%) patients (one contact with a rodent, 8 low gravity contact, 12 contacts with a French animal) that is to say 86 IgR vials. The direct cost was 8,032 euros.CONCLUSION:
This assessment permitted to underline an overprescription of IgR, to adapt guidelines to the local situation, and to improve care quality by adaptating medical record files, improving the prescription decisional tree and the local guidelines, and improving the training of interns.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Raiva
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Vacina Antirrábica
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Imunoterapia Ativa
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Med Mal Infect
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França