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<TABLE class=formlayout id=apex_layout_271110100662109808 summary=""><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap align=left>26-AUG-2008</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Subject</TD><TD noWrap align=left>PRO/AH> Announcements (03): Rabies vaccine supply limited - USA (CDC)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
ANNOUNCEMENTS (03): RABIES VACCINE SUPPLY LIMITED - USA (CDC)*************************************************************A ProMED-mail post<http://www.promedmail.org>ProMED-mail is a program of theInternational Society for Infectious Diseases<http://www.isid.org>Date: 22 Aug 2008 10:09Source: US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), ClinicianOutreach and Communication Activity (COCA), via Health Alert Network[edited]<http://www2a.cdc.gov/HAN/ArchiveSys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNum=00277>Rabies vaccine supply is limited -- CDC health update as of 22 Aug 2008-----------------------------------------------------------------------The CDC has been notified that the supply of human rabies vaccine isbeing used at a higher rate than expected, which may affect thenear-term availability of vaccine for rabies post-exposureprophylaxis (PEP).Because of limited existing supplies, the CDC strongly recommendsthat health care providers, state and local public healthauthorities, animal control officials, and the public take immediatesteps to ensure appropriate use of human rabies biologics. Judiciousand appropriate use of rabies vaccines is crucial to avert asituation in which persons exposed to rabies are put at increasedrisk due to depleted vaccine supplies.To ensure that thorough risk assessments are conducted, Novartis[maker of a rabies vaccine] is now requiring that health careproviders confer with public health officials, and obtain aconfirmation code from a state health department before orderingvaccine doses for post-exposure prophylaxis.:tiphat: http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,73697</PRE>
ANNOUNCEMENTS (03): RABIES VACCINE SUPPLY LIMITED - USA (CDC)*************************************************************A ProMED-mail post<http://www.promedmail.org>ProMED-mail is a program of theInternational Society for Infectious Diseases<http://www.isid.org>Date: 22 Aug 2008 10:09Source: US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), ClinicianOutreach and Communication Activity (COCA), via Health Alert Network[edited]<http://www2a.cdc.gov/HAN/ArchiveSys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNum=00277>Rabies vaccine supply is limited -- CDC health update as of 22 Aug 2008-----------------------------------------------------------------------The CDC has been notified that the supply of human rabies vaccine isbeing used at a higher rate than expected, which may affect thenear-term availability of vaccine for rabies post-exposureprophylaxis (PEP).Because of limited existing supplies, the CDC strongly recommendsthat health care providers, state and local public healthauthorities, animal control officials, and the public take immediatesteps to ensure appropriate use of human rabies biologics. Judiciousand appropriate use of rabies vaccines is crucial to avert asituation in which persons exposed to rabies are put at increasedrisk due to depleted vaccine supplies.To ensure that thorough risk assessments are conducted, Novartis[maker of a rabies vaccine] is now requiring that health careproviders confer with public health officials, and obtain aconfirmation code from a state health department before orderingvaccine doses for post-exposure prophylaxis.:tiphat: http://www.promedmail.org/pls/otn/f..._BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,73697</PRE>