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Hi . My son was bit by a stray dog last sunday, it was a minor bite doctor has started Rabipur vaccine, in one of the site it was mentioned we should not give the vaccine in buttocks, but for my son the vaccine was given in the buttocks. Could you please let me know if this is something to worry.
Hi, Thanks for posting in HCM. Post-exposure treatment of dog bite consists of local treatment of the wound followed by vaccine therapy. As per WHO (World Health Organisation) guidance, One dose (1ml of reconstituted) of the vaccine should be administered on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 30. All intramuscular injections must be given into the deltoid region. In small children it can be given into the anterolateral area of the thigh muscle. Recommendations say vaccine should never be administered in the gluteal region (buttocks). Hope this information would be helpful.
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Hi, Thanks for posting in HCM. Post-exposure treatment of dog bite consists of local treatment of the wound followed by vaccine therapy. As per WHO (World Health Organisation) guidance, One dose (1ml of reconstituted) of the vaccine should be administered on days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 30. All intramuscular injections must be given into the deltoid region. In small children it can be given into the anterolateral area of the thigh muscle. Recommendations say vaccine should never be administered in the gluteal region (buttocks). Hope this information would be helpful.