Rabies: guidance on pre-exposure and post-exposure measures for humans in Scotland
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Contraindication advice for Rabipur aligned to Green Book chapter on rabies.

Contraindication advice for Rabipur aligned to Green Book chapter on rabies.

Guidance updated in light of new evidence and expert consensus.

This includes:

• changes to the Pets Travel Scheme
• new table on pre-exposure prophylaxis for travellers
• a new post exposure category of partially immune (those who have received vaccine in the past but not a proper course, or they have had a poor response to vaccine) and changes to management algorithms as a result of this new category
• changes to arrangements for supply of Human Rabies Immune Globulin (HRIG)
• minor change to terminology in the table referring to supply of HRIG
• new link to the updated Green Book Chapter on Rabies

Incorporated comments from consultations in 2019 and 2022.

Updated all mentions of HPS to PHS.

Updated all mentions of PHE to UKHSA.

Moved to new SHPN template.

Guidance updated in light of new evidence and expert consensus.

Updates included:

• changes to the Pets Travel Scheme
• new table on pre-exposure prophylaxis for travellers
• changes to arrangements for supply of Human Rabies Immune Globulin (HRIG)
• new link to the updated Green Book Chapter on Rabies

Original guidance document published.