antoniodamato

antoniodamato has 15 years experience.

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1. Human Rabies Immunoglobulin (HRIG)

   antoniodamato replied to antoniodamato's topic in Patient Medications

   Thanks for this information, JKL33. I do agree that nurses are capable of handling this task. However, it seems to fall into this gray area and no one seems to have a definitive answer. I have done...

2. Human Rabies Immunoglobulin (HRIG)

   antoniodamato replied to antoniodamato's topic in Patient Medications

   BTW, I wrote to the New York State Nursing Board and this was there reply: The guidance that we provide in this area is that the technique of infiltrating a wound with rabies immunoglobulin falls...

3. Human Rabies Immunoglobulin (HRIG)

   antoniodamato replied to antoniodamato's topic in Patient Medications

   I'm in your camp. I've been giving both HRIG and the rabies vaccination for years. Some of the newer staff feel that since HRIG is administered in and around the wound, it is a medical procedure...

4. Human Rabies Immunoglobulin (HRIG)

   antoniodamato posted a topic in Patient Medications

   From time to time, nurses at my New York state institution have been asked to administer a prophylactic dose of the Human Rabies Immunoglobulin (HRIG) by infiltration at the wound site following an...