Imogam rage prescription assessment in the rabies prophylaxis center of Poitiers

OBJECTIVES: Imogam rage (IgR) prescriptions were assessed in the rabies prophylaxis centre of Poitiers (France).

MATERIAL AND METHODS: 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.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

Medecine et maladies infectieuses - 37(2007), 2 vom: 02. Feb., Seite 108-11

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Evaluation de la pertinence de la prescription d'Imogam rage au centre antirabique de Poitiers

Beteiligte Personen:

Albouy-Llaty, M [VerfasserIn]
Le Moal, G [VerfasserIn]
Bouche, G [VerfasserIn]
Dupuis, A [VerfasserIn]
Becq-Giraudon, B [VerfasserIn]
Migeot, V [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Imogam rage
Journal Article
Rabies Vaccines

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.06.2007

Date Revised 01.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM16798389X