[Imogam rage prescription assessment in the rabies prophylaxis center of Poitiers].

Abstract

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.

• Authors: M Albouy-Llaty, G Le Moal, G Bouche, A Dupuis, B Becq-Giraudon, V Migeot
• Journal: Medecine et maladies infectieuses (Med Mal Infect) Vol. 37 Issue 2 Pg. 108-11 (Feb 2007) ISSN: 0399-077X [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Evaluation de la pertinence de la prescription d'Imogam rage au centre antirabique de Poitiers.
• PMID: 17254729 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Imogam rage
• Rabies Vaccines

Topics

• Algorithms
• Animals
• Animals, Domestic
• Animals, Wild
• Bites and Stings (therapy)
• Case Management
• Chiroptera
• Drug Costs
• Drug Prescriptions (statistics & numerical data)
• Drug Utilization
• Environmental Exposure
• France
• Health Facilities (statistics & numerical data)
• Humans
• Immunotherapy, Active (economics, statistics & numerical data)
• Rabies (prevention & control, transmission)
• Rabies Vaccines (economics, therapeutic use)
• Rodentia
• Unnecessary Procedures